Asia Embraces Coal as the US Rejects It

A Chinese laborer loads coal into a furnace as smoke and steam rise from an unauthorized steel factory in Inner Mongolia, China, on Nov. 3, 2016. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

Commentary

Vietnam and other Asian countries are on a coal spree! Given the dynamics of energy use in the rapidly developing industrial sector there, it is no surprise that these nations have backpedaled on big promises made at international climate conferences to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels.