Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170422:08:47:00
Powered the economic miracle here over the past 30 years. but china also hates coal because it's a major reason the skies above places like beijing are often choked with toxic smog. so, enter the power plant. the happy medium between both sides. it's a so-called clean burning coal facacility just outside of beijing. instead of pumping out high levels of pollution, it keeps emissions low by retrofitting turbines and recycling waste water. emission levels are monitored realtime. >> translator: people used to look at coal and saw something dirty and polluting. but we have resolved the problem thr...