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China Consumed Less Coal for Third Year in a row: Report

Girish Shetti   |

Feb 28, 2017 04:10 PM EST

China's coal consumption declined for the third consecutive year in 2016 in yet another sign that the world's most populous nation is getting serious on its fight against air pollution. The decades of overdependence on coal has made China one of the highest emitters of carbon dioxide and also one of the worst air polluters in the world.