WRITTEN BY ANI NEWS ON APR 28, 2022. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS
China Snubs Climate Pledges, Building More New Coal Plants Than Any Nation
china coal workersPutting the pledges to reach net-zero emissions by 2060 at bay, China is still leading the world in building new coal plants, showed a major annual survey.
Global Energy Monitor’s (GEM) eighth annual survey of the world’s coal plant pipeline on Tuesday reveals that China, the world’s top greenhouse gas polluter, continued to lead all countries in the domestic development of new coal plants, commissioning more new coal capacity in 2021 than the rest of the world combined, reported Straits Times. [bold, links added]
Furthering the worries, China’s coal consumption is meant to peak in 2025. China is the world’s largest assembly of coal power plants and this building of new coal plants is posing a critical risk of climate change.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/china-snubs-climate-pledges-building-more-new-coal-plants-than-any-nation/
