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WanderingEng · 3350 days ago · link · · parent · post: Beijing smog ‘Red Alert’ issued: Schools and businesses to shut down as Chinese capital issues first ever extreme warning
Earlier this year Beijing announced they are closing the major coal power plants in the city. This article doesn't talk about it, but the concern is the power generation will just be moved to more rural coal plants. On one hand it is likely to help Beijing, but on the other hand it has a good chance of making everywhere else a little worse. China seems to be in a really tough situation. They need to keep growing and can't build other forms of generation fast enough.