Climate News Network: There are still doubts. The statistics might be proved wrong. But it looks as if China might be starting to wean itself off its coal consumption habit.
China produces and consumes nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined. Coal, the most polluting of all energy sources, has powered the growth of Chinas flyaway economy. But as incomes have risen, so has pollution. The country is now the worlds No.1 emitter of greenhouse gases.
Latest figures indicate that change is on the way,...