China’s coal country under pressure – video news report
China’s coal country under pressure (10 Dec 2009) – Melissa Chan of Al Jazeera English News reporting.
For years critics have blamed China – the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases – for not doing enough to prevent global warming.
But recently Beijing has ramped up efforts to improve its environmental record, closing coal-fired power plants and shutting mines that had kept tens of thousands employed.
Reporter Melissa Chan travelled to coal-rich Shanxi province in central China and reports on the difficulties the closures are causing.
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