In Dubai, oil-rich UAE sees a new wonder: A coal power plant

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A new wonder is rising in the southern desert of Dubai against the backdrop of Persian Gulf beaches, but it’s not another skyscraper to grace the futuristic sheikhdom. Instead, it’s one of mankind’s oldest power sources gaining its own space on the oil-rich Arabian Peninsula — a coal-fired power plant. The construction of the $3.4 billion Hassyan plant in Dubai appears puzzling, as the United Arab Emirates…