In Step to Lower Carbon Emissions, China Will Place a Limit on Coal Use in 2020 (Published 2014)

In Step to Lower Carbon Emissions, China Will Place a Limit on Coal Use in 2020 Workers starting their shift at the Tashan coal mine in Shanxi Province. China said it would cap coal consumption at 4.2 billion tons by 2020 and have coal be no more than 62 percent of the primary energy mix by that year.Credit...Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times BEIJING — China plans to set a cap on coal consumpti

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This is a significant step.