All cities in China should be charging tiered prices for household water by the end of 2015, to encourage people to use less water.
Chinese cities are speeding up construction of subway lines as the increasing number of vehicles in urban areas has been largely blamed for smog.
The U.S. payroll taxes increase, taking effect at the beginning of January, cut the take-home pay of many working Americans and dampened consumption especially for the vulnerable.
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