Report: Beijing to close coal plants by 2015 in smog crackdown

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State media report four major coal-fired power plants to be replaced by cleaner gas facilities

Beijing's ambitious efforts to tackle its crippling smog crisis have taken another dramatic step forward with state media reporting the city plans to replace its main coal-fired power plants by 2015...

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