Is this article way off base ? u s s h u t t e r s c o a l p l a n t s c h i n a a n d japanarebuildingthemChina is building one coalfired power plant every 7 to 10 days . What is the point of closing down plants here if it just sends them to China ? edit I see the organization is right leaning and are climate change deniers . Is there any truth to their stated fact about coal development ? Can ' t see how that would be good . edit n e w c o a l p o w e r p l a n t s c h i n a c a r bonbubblewaitingburstThis Greenpeace article suggests that Coal plants are being built in a misuse of capital a Coal Factory Bubble and that coal use is going down . So both points are true to an extent . I personally think building coal plants you do not need is wasteful , and not exactly green either . TLDR China is building more Coal Plants which is bad they are running them at less than 100 % capacity which is good . Very interesting what you can find when you debate yourself