Ballooning coal use sees China’s energy agency face harsh criticism from the top
Energy security came at the expense of the environment with more coal power plants built than needed, report finds
China’s National Energy Administration has been publicly rebuked for failing to stop construction of new coal power plants and not doing enough to promote low carbon energy. The criticisms, described by observers as unusually harsh, come in a report from a central government inspection team that was set up in 2015 by the country’s president Xi Jinping.