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TheCityFix: Beijing Offers Subsidy to Discourage Dirty Cars
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Originally posted on TheCityFix.com:
Beijing is prepared to pay up to 1 billion yuan (about $146 million) in subsidies to get citizens to ditch their dirty cars and purchase cleaner ones. (Read Laura Root’s recent post on TheCityFix.com about the pros and cons of these types of “cash for clunkers” programs.)
The goal is to remove more than 350,000 huangbiaoche, or “yellow-label cars” that fail to meet emission standards, by the end of this year. These cars represent only 10 percent of the total number of cars in the city but contribute to 50% of emissions, according to Du Shaozhong, deputy director of the environmental protection bureau.
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Tags: cars, China, emissions, Environment, huangbiaoche, pollution, responsiblechina, stimulus, subsidy, yellow-label cars
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