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BEIJING (AP) - China's environmental watchdog is investigating whether local officials submitted fake pollution data to the central government after failing to meet annual clean air targets, state media said Thursday.
The State Environmental Protection Administration, or SEPA, calculated that in 2006, emissions of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide rose 2 percent nationwide. However, according to figures submitted by 26 regional governments, emissions of the same two pollutants fell by 2 percent, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Chinese cities are among the world's smoggiest following two decades of breakneck economic growth.
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