China is bringing coal power to Pakistan, and Pakistanis will pay the environmental price.

China cannot afford to back a Belt and Road that damages the environment.

Efforts to develop higher efficiency coal plants are being held back by regional differences in energy development.

Even as China cuts back on coal at home, its companies construct coal plants in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

China’s energy sector is lumbering under the weight of a coal power glut, prompting the central government to step in.