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Coal-burning Boiler Conversions Slash Beijing's Air Pollutants

Beijing residents are this winter expected to collectively inhale 8,500 tons less sulfur dioxide and 4,300 tons less soot than in previous years, due to the successful conversion to clean energy of many thousands of coal-burning boilers, Beijing Morning Post reported.
The municipality consumes about 27 million tons of coal each year, a prime source of serious air pollution because it produces black smoke, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and other pollutants. Converting the boilers to consume clean energy is a major part of Beijing's air quality control campaign. So far, a total of more than 44,000 tea-boilers and large stoves have been retooled, while some 10,000 boilers in Beijing's outer suburbs have also begun to use clean energy.