The good news is that China, India, and other countries with something like 60% of the world's population isn't held to any standards when it comes to the burning of fossil fuels.
The really good news is that all of these countries are building coal-fired power plants like there's no tomorrow.
The really, really good news is that U.S. coal mines are shipping a lot of coal overseas to these countries so they can burn coal in their new plants ... since the coal that they burn there apparently doesn't cause global warming climate change.
Being the cynical person that I am, it is my firm belief that the real story behind trying to shut down American coal companies is so China can buy up all the assets cheap.
China would love to have the relatively cheap and clean coal that is American coals instead of having to use their third-rate dirty coal.