国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

China / Society

Watchdog hits petrochemical giant over pollution incidents

By Xue Chaohua in Lanzhou and Zhang Yi in Beijing (China Daily) Updated: 2015-01-12 07:45

A city environmental watchdog has lashed out against a giant petrochemical company and ordered it to apologize to the public in a rare case of government lambasting a State-owned corporation.

The environmental bureau in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, listed four major pollution incidents by PetroChina's Lanzhou Petrochemical Co since last August and demanded an apology.

The main incident involved a leak of ethylene that caused a fire on Aug 4 last year. Other incidents involved air pollution and the improper disposal of dangerous waste.

However, the city government seems to want more than an apology from the company. "The authority wants us to relocate," said an employee at the company who refused to be identified.

An estimated fund of 40 billion to 60 billion yuan ($6 billion to $10 billion) would be required for the company to relocate, and PetroChina has the authority to make the decision.

The relocation issue was raised in 2012 but wasn't approved by PetroChina.

"The motives behind the city government are more than curbing pollution. The government wants the company to move to a new district to boost the city's economic growth, and the price of the land that the company occupies has yet to be agreed on by the two sides," an official with the company said under condition of anonymity.

The official said PetroChina and the city government have agreed to relocate, but the two sides haven't reached a consensus on how the location fees would be paid.

Yuan Zhanting, mayor of Lan-zhou, immediately denied the claim by the unknown official and said the city doesn't have the authority to ask the company to relocate.

Lanzhou, a heavily industrialized city, ranks among China's most polluted areas. The city is plagued by pollution scandals.

The most recent one occurred in April when seepage of residual oil leaked from the integrated refinery and petrochemical complex into the water table and caused unusually high benzene levels in the city's tap water. The water supply was turned off in one district, forcing residents to buy bottled water and causing a water shortage panic.

While condemning the company's leakage of the carcinogen, local people said the city's water supply company also needed to do something.

Zhou Mou, 33, a resident of Lanzhou, said the risks of water pollution have existed since the founding of the company more than 60 years ago and he suggested another way to reduce the risk from pollution.

Lanzhou Petrochemical Co issued a statement to respond to the authority's criticism, saying that it had examined the problems put forward by the environment bureau and had taken measures to correct the irregularities.

"We take supervision from the government and criticism from society seriously," the statement said.

Du Juan contributed to this story.

Highlights
Hot Topics
...
西和县| 图木舒克市| 梁平县| 肃南| 故城县| 科技| 德江县| 盐山县| 沙湾县| 勐海县| 阳高县| 京山县| 齐齐哈尔市| 黎城县| 玛多县| 陆河县| 义乌市| 库尔勒市| 达孜县| 周宁县| 固安县| 蓬溪县| 虹口区| 迭部县| 仙居县| 澄迈县| 阜平县| 婺源县| 吴旗县| 新昌县| 犍为县| 金平| 济宁市| 永宁县| 依安县| 广州市| 澎湖县| 江源县| 宁都县| 阳西县| 水富县|