2010-04-06 the Shanghai Municipal Environment Protection Bureau will ban burning waste straw in the suburban agricultural areas to ensure air quality during the World Expo period.

2010年04月06日为保障上海世博会期间的空气质量，上海市环保局将严格禁止在市郊农村地区焚烧秸秆。

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Maybe only 25 percent of homebuyers prefer these environment-friendly communities to the average suburban home, Logan said, but the supply is more like 1 percent -- leaving a big, profitable niche.

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Garden gnomes have served as symbols of defiance on many levels as guardians of the natural environment against intending predators, or simply as cheerleaders for the colourful suburban plot, under threat from student japesters in France or, more seriously, from the fashionable proponents of ever more sophisticated garden design.

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Just one-third of those surveyed who live in the typical suburban setting said they would prefer to live in a "smart-growth" environment.

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