Slow progress to cleaner coal

摘要

With many of the world's nations dragging their feet on cleaning up fossil-fuel emissions, even slow progress stands out. This spring, Chinas state-owned Huaneng Group plans to fire up the first phase of its flagship clean-coal demonstration project, moving the country one step closer to capturing and storing the carbon it emits. Despite being more than a year behind schedule, the GreenGen coal gasification plant in Tianjin puts China at the forefront of global efforts to exploit coal resources without releasing carbon dioxide.