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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Chinese province plans ban on sale of gasoline cars

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Hainan island in the South China Sea says it will become China's first region to ban sales of gasoline- and diesel-powered cars to curb climate-changing carbon emissions.

Sales of fossil fuel-powered cars will be banned by 2030 and electric vehicles promoted with tax breaks and by expanding a charging network, the Hainan provincial government said in a “Carbon Peak Implementation Plan.”

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