China’s Wen Urges Curbs on Energy-Guzzlers

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday urged a policy crackdown on energy-gorging industries that belch pollution, saying his coal-dependent nation had to rein in emissions causing global warming.

Wen has made a priority of cutting growth in China’s consumption of oil, gas and coal, but frantic economic growth stymied energy efficiency goals for last year. In his latest speech, the premier sought — not for the first time — to give teeth to his demands and warned officials to act.

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