In their latest attempt to breathe fresh air into its asphyxiated cities, the People’s Government has announced planned caps on two of its major polluting industries: Steel and cement production. While the cap isn’t aimed at reduction—2015 emissions from the two industries should be equal to emissions in 2020, according to the new initiative—it is a major step in the right direction. China has never passed environmental legislation of this magnitude and it should do a great deal to halt China’s ballooning smog cloud.
China to cap emissions for steel, cement
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