It's an apt headline because on the issue of environmental control, China certainly has much "cleaning up" to do – a look out the window in Beijing suffices. It's high time we Chinese get out act together and put some serious store by conservation, recycling and resorting to renewable energies.

The article, by the way, says, among other things:

Pollution aside, energy presents a hefty challenge for China. Simply put, the country doesn't have enough of it, said McElwrath and other experts who came to Wharton. "Twenty-one of 34 provinces experienced electricity shortages in 2004," he said. "China will need to add a total of 1,300 additional gigawatts by 2025." According to Bloomberg News, China currently has about 800 gigawatts of electric capacity. "If coal provides 70% to 80% of that power, what this implies for air quality and global warming is surreal," McElwrath warned.

The Dirtiest of the Fossil Fuels

China now derives about three-fourths of its electricity from burning coal, and it has rapidly constructed new coal-fired plants to keep pace with burgeoning power demand. In 2006, the country "brought online about as much coal-power capacity each week as the United States and India together did over the entire year," according to the Worldwatch Institute, a nonprofit research group specializing in environmental issues. Put another way, China added the equivalent of two large coal-fired plants a week.

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