China's environmental problems remain serious with local governments not putting enough pressure on businesses to control pollution. Efforts to toughen environment laws have not done enough to fix the widespread problems for China's air, lakes and rivers. The general situation of environmental pollution does not allow China to be optimistic. The fundamental way to overcome this is to continue to press enterprises to reduce pollution emissions through technology and management. Local governments, however, often face a conflict of interest because they benefit economically from heavily polluting industries.
Nearly a quarter of the monitoring stations set up along major rivers, such as the Yangtze and Yellow, reported the worst water quality on China's six-level scale. Nearly 40 percent of the water in 28 major lakes also registered level six ratings -- meaning it was too polluted for even farm irrigation. In urban areas 90 percent of river water and half of underground water is polluted, the report said.
China's environmental problems remain serious with local governments not putting enough pressure on businesses to control pollution. Efforts to toughen environment laws have not done enough to fix the widespread problems for China's air, lakes and rivers. The general situation of environmental pollution does not allow China to be optimistic. The fundamental way to overcome this is to continue to press enterprises to reduce pollution emissions through technology and management. Local governments, however, often face a conflict of interest because they benefit economically from heavily polluting industries. Nearly a quarter of the monitoring stations set up along major rivers, such as the Yangtze and Yellow, reported the worst water quality on China's six-level scale. Nearly 40 percent of the water in 28 major lakes also registered level six ratings -- meaning it was too polluted for even farm irrigation. In urban areas 90 percent of river water and half of underground water is polluted, the report said.
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