A worker dumps plastic bottles at a recycling centre in Ningbo, Zhejiang province November 4, 2009. China, the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases, is aiming for many more years of rapid growth fuelled by coal as its main energy source. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

A worker dumps plastic bottles at a recycling centre in Ningbo, Zhejiang province November 4, 2009. China, the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases, is aiming for many more years of rapid growth fuelled by coal as its main energy source.

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