China Suspends Majority Of New Coal Power Permits
A man walks past a coal-powered steel plant in Tianjin, China. (AP/Andy Wong)
The Chinese government has ordered the vast majority of its provinces to stop permitting new coal power projects.
According to a statement from the National Energy Administration (NEA), 28 of China’s 31 mainland provinces do not currently have the right financial or environmental conditions to greenlight new coal capacity.
