Burn more low-quality coal, power plants urged

The move will help reduce pollution levels, joint study authors contend

The country's power plants should burn more poor-quality coal, leaving better coal for smaller coal-burning enterprises that lack emission controls - a move that would reduce pollution, it has been suggested.

This recommendation is in a newly released study co-authored by the China Electricity Council and the Environmental Defense Fund, an international environmental NGO based in New York City.