China Adding New Coal Power Plants Equivalent to Entire European Union Capacity

China Adding New Coal Power Plants Equivalent to Entire European Union Capacity
Smoke billows from a coal-fired power plant in Beijing, China on Nov. 19. 2014. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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China is planning to build another 300 coal-fired power plants that will produce the equivalent of all the coal-fired power plants in the 28-nation European Union.