As part of CO2, abatement strategies for climate change, we are investigating coal combustion behaviour in various O-2/CO2 mixtures and in air. The goal is to simulate conditions of coal combustion with flue gas recirculation in order to maximize the CO2 concentration in the flue gas prior to its recovery. A western Canadian sub-bituminous coal and a U.S. eastern bituminous coal were investigated. Thermal input was set at 0.21 MW with a flue gas oxygen concentration of 5 vol%. Experiments were done using various O-2/CO2 mixtures and air. The oxygen concentration ranged from 21% to 42%. Up to 95% CO2 concentrations were achieved in the flue gas. This paper describes experimental results in terms of flame temperatures and pollutant emissions (NOx, SO2 and CO).