2008Oct6: More than 90% of China’s power comes from coal-burning stations (Time, 2008).
Reference: Time. 2008. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1847544,00.html
Image Description: Jin Hua Gong Mine, Datong, Shanxi, China. Photo by Peter Van den Bossche, 1999Oct18. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coal_bunkers.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License.
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