Written by Muyu Xu and Shivani Singh on Jan 18, 2021. Posted in Latest news
Climate Pledge? China’s 2020 Coal Output Rises To Highest Since 2015
china coal mineChina’s coal output rose last year to its highest since 2015, despite Beijing’s climate change pledge to reduce consumption of the dirty fossil fuel and months of disruption at major coal mining hubs.
The world’s biggest coal miner and consumer-produced 3.84 billion tonnes of coal in 2020, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday.
China’s coal output dropped after reaching a peak of 3.97 billion tonnes in 2013, as Beijing axed excessive mining capacity and promoted clean energy consumption.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/climate-pledge-chinas-2020-coal-output-rises-to-highest-since-2015/
