InChenggong, a city in Yunnan province, “there are more thana hundred-thousandnewapartments with no occupants, lush tree-lined streets with nocars, enormousoffice buildings with no workers.”
Boilers burning dirty heating oils No. 4 and No. 6 produce 50% more air pollution than all of the cars and trucks in New York City and contribute to more than 3, 200 premature deaths every year, according to recent reports by the Environmental Defense Fund and the New York City Department of Health.