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Hercules beetles can grow as large as 180 millimetres (7 inches).


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China has initiated a campaign to reduce the amount of air pollution it produces from its coal-fired electrical plants. China is currently the world's second largest producer of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. These emissions come mostly from the burning of coal. However, China has now improved its energy efficiency, has shut down many heavily polluting industrial boilers, and has cut use of coal by 30 percent. Unfortunately, there are still some doubts about how committed to the pollution reduction program the Chinese government actually is, and about how effective the pollution reduction strategies will be when applied in the country's many poor rural areas.
22 JANUARY 2000, P. 16-17
New Scientist
22 JANUARY 2000, P. 16-17

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