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Coal-fired power stations pollute the air around Yinchuan

Massive coal-fired power stations surround Yinchuan, the capital of China's northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on September 26, 2013. China is the world's biggest carbon emitter ahead of the U.S. The growth of China's emerging middle class, which Chinese statistics show could be larger than the entire population of the United States, is placing intense demands on China's energy sector. Chinese leaders have recently given courts the authority to hand down the death penalty for serious cases of pollution. UPI/Stephen Shaver

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