Clean coal in China

According to the New York Times, China is ahead of the USA in building clean coal-fired power plants.

China has emerged in the past two years as the world’s leading builder of more efficient, less polluting coal power plants, mastering the technology and driving down the cost. ...

Western countries continue to rely heavily on coal-fired power plants built decades ago with outdated, inefficient technology that burn a lot of coal and emit considerable amounts of carbon dioxide. China has begun requiring power companies to retire an older, more polluting power plant for each new one they build.

It's not all cream and strawberries (or whatever the old cliche says). The article is worth a read.