China's coal country under pressure - 10 Dec 09

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. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan travelled to coal-rich Shanxi province in central China and reports on the difficulties the closures are causing. ... china coal mine closures global warming ...
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