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Also called particulate matter, or PM, particle pollution is possibly the most harmful emission from coal power plants. These very small unburned pollution particles released directly from coal plant smokestacks cause an estimated 800,000 premature deaths each year.

When inhaled, particle pollution can have wide-ranging and harmful health effects, including asthma attacks, lung tissue damage, stroke, heart attack and premature death.

Particles 2.5 microns (PM2.5) or smaller can penetrate deep into the lungs, and caused five percent of global deaths, making this the sixth leading global risk factor in 2013, according to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.

The first analysis on death and disease due to coal power plants in India estimates 80,000 to 115,000 people died prematurely in a single year due to particle pollution 10 microns in size (PM10).

Research co-authored by Greenpeace in China shows that PM2.5 pollution from the 196 coal-fired power plants in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei capital region caused 9,900 premature deaths and nearly 70,000 outpatient visits or hospitalizations during 2011. Seventy-five percent these premature deaths were caused by Hebei province's 152 coal-fired power plants.

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U.S.-based nonprofit group called Berkeley Earth has released a report, based on data collected by a network of sensors across China, that said more than 80 percent of Chinese people are regularly exposed to pollution that far exceeds levels deemed safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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As of the end of 2014, China had 62 billion tons of anthracite and 52 billion tons of lignitequality coal. China ranks third in the world in terms of total coal reserves behind the United States and Russia. Most coal reserves are located in the north and north-west of the country, which poses a large logistical problem for supplying electricity to the more heavily populated coastal areas. At current levels of production, China has 30 years worth of reserves. However, others suggest that China has enough coal to sustain its economic growth for a century or more.

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Companies like LP Amina, succeded reducing pollution levels in the West significantly.

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4000 people are killed a day from pollution

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Burning coal pollutes our environment with toxins, produces a quarter of U.S. global warming emissions, and accounts for a whopping 80 percent of all carbon emissions produced by power generation nationwide. It’s time to reduce our dependence on this polluting energy source.There are nearly 600 coal-fired power plants operating in the United States today, producing nearly half of the nation’s electricity. To decrease our reliance on coal, we must shut down the oldest and dirtiest coal plants and replace them with reliable and clean energy sources. UCS experts work to analyze practical, cost-effective strategies for lowering America’s coal use—and have consistently demonstrated that closing down the dirtiest coal-fired power plants would not adversely effect the reliability of our electricity supply, nor would it significantly increase the cost of electricity for consumers.

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First,there's a large coal resource in China, although the situations of burning coal are on decrease, but still in a big part of China's energy structure. ... Nuclear energy is actually an affordable way, but it's not steady, may cause the explode.China is the largest producer and consumer of coal in the world and is the largest user of coal-derived electricity, generating an estimated 73% of domestic electricity production in 2014 from coal

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Nearly 62 percent of Chinese cities monitored by the Ministry of Environmental Protection suffered from air pollution Wednesday, providing fresh evidence of the environmental challenges facing the country.

Of 338 cities under real-time monitoring by the ministry, 7.1 percent, including the northern city of Tianjin, were hit by serious air pollution, with air quality index (AQI) readings exceeding 300 as of Wednesday.

Another 24.9 percent of the cities, including Beijing, saw heavily polluted air, with AQI readings between 201 and 300, according to real-time data at the ministry's website.

Moreover, the air in 15.1 percent of the cities, including Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, was moderately polluted, with AQI readings between 151 and 200.

The data also revealed 14.8 percent of the Chinese cities, including Changchun in northeastern Jilin Province, had slightly polluted air, with AQI readings between 101 and 150.

Many Chinese cities have suffered from frequent winter smog in recent years, triggering widespread public concern.

The central government has stepped up efforts to cut outdated production capacity, and dispatched inspection teams to provincial regions to supervise environmental measures at key industrial enterprises.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_Chinahttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China

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– reduction of emissions from coal burning industries and vehicles
– boost cleaner and more efficient use of coal
– promote the use of electricity and natural gas in place of coal
– support for wind, solar and bio power sectors; increase in proportion of clean energy
– encourage the use of waste straw as a resource
– reduction in-field burning
– implementation of control measures to deal with air pollution

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China has a total of 10,760 mines, and 5,600 of them will eventually be required to close under a policy banning those with an annual output capacity of less than 90,000 tonnes, the China National Coal Association has estimated. China has promised to stop approving all new coal mine projects for three years in a bid to control capacity. The country produced 3.7 million tonnes coal last year and has an estimated capacity surplus of 2 billion tonnes per annum.Last year, the supply overhang dragged down domestic coal prices by a third, but there has been some recovery this year with thermal coal at the port of Qinhuangdao up 2.7 percent at 380 yuan ($58.29) per tonne.Apart from coal, China will also aim to tackle overcapacity in the thermal power sector this year by controlling new builds and cancelling projects in regions with the biggest capacity surpluses, the notice said, citing administration head Nur Bekri.Utilization rates in the power sector last year fell to their lowest since 1978, with demand failing to keep up with the rapid expansion in capacity.

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Air pollution in China has gotten so bad that a study by the World Bank found that air pollution kills 750,000 people every year in China.China's first coal-fired power station employing the integrated gasification combined cycle(IGCC), which is a coal gasification process that turns coal into a gas before burning it, is planned to begin operations in 2009 at Tianjin near Beijing.China decided to close the last four coal-fired power and heating plants out of Beijing's municipal area, replacing them with gas-fired stations, in an effort to improve air quality in the capital.It is estimated that coal mine fires in China burn about 200 million kg of coal each year. In 2003, the death rate per million tons of coal mined in China was 130 times higher than in the United States, 250 times higher than in Australia (open cast mines) and 10 times higher than the Russian Federation (underground mines). However the safety figures in the major state owned coal enterprises were significantly better. Even so, in 2007 China produced one third of the world's coal but had four fifths of coal fatalities. While not directly attributable, many more deaths are resultant from dangerous emissions from coal plants. China will aim to close more than 1,000 coal mines over this year, with a total production capacity of 60 million tonnes, as part of its plans to tackle a price-sapping supply glut in the sector, the country's energy regulator said.

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This is what will happen in china if they keep on using coal.

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Clmate change
Mining releases toxic minerals and gases into water and air
Burning coal releases matter that affects respiratory systems, that gives especially long term damage
Burning coal creates millions of tones of waste which are toxic

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Nuclear energy is a effective solution to repalce coal energy.

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http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/03/11/chinas-five-year-plan-to-radically-tighten-air-pollution-targets/
http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/campaigns/airhttp://english.mep.gov.cn/-pollution/
www.unep.org/transport/airquality/China.pdf
http://english.mep.gov.cn/
http://english.mep.gov.cn/News_service/media_news/201701/t20170105_393889.shtml

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Chinas coal consumption is reaching the same amount of compsumtion as the rest of the world (excluding china)

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1. In 2009 China burned nearly half of the world's coal, and coal accounts for nearly 70% of China's energy mix.

2. Beijing experienced 2,589 deaths and a loss of US$328 million in 2012 because of PM2.5 pollution.

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1. it's CHEAP.
2. China has a large quantity of coal.
3. it is a most effective way in terms of it's price.

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•Why does China use so much coal? What is the effect?

•What is China doing to reduce the amount of coal being used for power?Whatmeasures are being taken?

•How can China improve further?

•Find facts, statistics, key dates, places badly affected (is it all of China?), people involved.

•Who is trying to help (individuals, government, charities/organisations)?