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1、ImportingCoal,ChinaBurnsItasOthersStopByELISABETHROSENTHALPublished:November21,2010·Recommend·Twitter·SignIntoE-Mail·Print·SinglePage·窗体顶端窗体底端Reprints·ShareCloseoLinkedinoDiggoMixxoMySpaceoYahoo!BuzzoPermalinkoEvenasdevelopedcountriescloseorlimittheconstructionof
2、coal-firedpowerplantsoutofconcernoverpollutionandclimate-warmingemissions,coalhasfoundarapidlyexpandingmarketelsewhere:Asia,particularlyChina.EnlargeThisImageJackAtley/BloombergNewsInAustralia,environmentalgroupshaverepeatedlyhaltedtrainloadsofcoalheadedtotheexpo
3、rtdocksatNewcastlethisfall.BeyondFossilFuelsArticlesinthisseriesexamineinnovativeattemptstoreducetheworld’sdependenceoncoal,oilandothercarbon-intensivefuels,andthechallengesfaced.PreviousArticlesintheSeries»AtportsinCanada,Australia,Indonesia,ColombiaandSouthAfri
4、ca,shipsarelininguptoloadcoalforfurnacesinChina,whichhasevolvedvirtuallyovernightfromacoalexportertooneoftheworld’sleadingpurchasers.TheUnitedStatesnowshipscoaltoChinaviaCanada,butcoalcompaniesarescoutingfornewloadingportsinWashingtonState.Newminesarebeingplanned
5、fortheRockiesandthePacificNorthwest.Indeed,someoftheworld’smoreenvironmentallyprogressiveregionsarenascentepicentersofthenewcoalexporttrade,creatingpoliticaltensionsbetweenbusinessandenvironmentalgoals.Traditionally,coalisburnednearwhereitismined—particularlyso-c
6、alledthermalorsteamingcoal,usedforheatandelectricity.Butinthelastfewyears,long-distanceinternationalcoalexportshavebeensurgingbecauseofChina’sgallopingeconomy,whichnowburnshalfofthesixbilliontonsofcoalusedgloballyeachyear.Asaresult,notonlyarethepollutantsthatdeve
7、lopedcountrieshavetriedtoreducefindingtheirwayintotheatmosphereanyway,butshipschugginghalfwayaroundtheglobearespewingstillmore.AndtherushtofeedthisnewAsianmarkethashelpeddoublethepriceofcoaloverthepastfiveyears,leadingtoarenaissanceofminingandexplorationinmanypar
8、tsoftheworld.“Thisisaworst-casescenario,”saidDavidGraham-Caso,spokesmanfortheSierraClub,whichestimatesthatits“BeyondCoal”campaignhashelpedtoblock139proposedcoa
