Sunday, November 19, 2023

How China Dominates the World – And Lies about Climate Commitment

How China Dominates the World – And Lies about Climate Commitment - Watts Up With That? - Eric Worrall - By Lauri Myllyvirta, the lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, and Byford Tsang, a senior policy advisor in E3G’s London office.
  • Leftist think tanks rationalising China’s dash for coal as a bureaucratic hiccup.
  • China Pledged to ‘Strictly Control’ Coal. The Opposite Happened.
  • What Beijing’s about-face on coal power means for climate change—and how the world can push back.
In April 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to “strictly control coal-fired power generation projects” in China. 
Since then, government permits for new coal power plants have soared...


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