China’s Coal Power Spree Risks Missing Climate Goals: Report

China’s Coal Power Spree Risks Missing Climate Goals: Report
Smoke belches from a coal-fueled power station near Datong, China on Nov. 19, 2015. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Indrajit Basu
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As the debate over dirty energy—a term for energy production that is against climate efforts and hurts communities—rages, China continues to unveil new coal projects, defying its government’s plans and the global climate effort concerns, experts say.