China is thwarting efforts to reduce coal emissions.
Smoke and steam rising from the towers of the coal-fired Urumqi thermal power plant as seen from a plane in Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China on April 21, 2021. Hide Mark Schiffleben / AP captions Toggle Caption Mark Schiffleben / AP Smoke and steam rise from the towers of the coal-fired Urumqi thermal power plant, as seen from a plane in Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China on April 21, 2021. Mark Schiffleben / AP BEIJING - China is boosting its coal-fired power as the ruling Communist Party seeks to revive a sluggish economy, warning Beijing's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from climate change, the world's largest source of energy. Leaving behind According to reports, government plans to increase coal production capacity to 300 million tonnes this year. That's 7% of last year's production of 4.1 billion tonnes, up 5.7% from 2020. China is one of the largest investors in wind and solar energy, but anxious...