Are there double standards in the environmental policies?

Energy requirements and global warming policies are two clashing aims that countries want to achieve. China has been trying to satisfy its energy requirements and at the same time, make sure that it respects agreements on the environment. However, clean energy requires new technology and funds. And let’s face it; manipulating conventional energy sources (coal, oil, etc) is more convenient than the renewable ones. Energy sources like coal are still irreplaceable and at the same time countries are urged by governmental organizations to curb their emission levels. As China’s economy is growing, will its policies be more environmental friendly or not? Latest projects from Beijing suggests otherwise.

Jiuquan Iron & Steel Group, western China's largest steel maker, plans to construct a power plant to increase the generating capacity for one of the nation's most impoverished regions by more than double, a government official said.
Jiuquan's 2 billion Yuan ($258 million) coal-fired plant, which is awaiting approvals by the Chinese government, may add 3.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, said Yang Wei, vice mayor of Jiayuguan city, where Jiuquan is based. That would increase the power-output capacity of Gansu province to 6 million kilowatt-hours by 2010, he said.
Electricity supplied by the new plant will feed into the province's power grid, Yang said. Jiuquan will need to purchase 8 million tons of coal a year from southern Mongolia's Nariin Sukhait mine, connected by a 460 kilometer (286 mile) railway built in 2004, he said.
With time, an important question that we have to think about is whether any country will favour the environment over its energy requirements. In a world where production and efficiency matters most what will the opportunity cost be for the countries? Will Asia be able to move towards cleaner energy?