Tue, 21-Oct-2025

China govt to help run coal power plants at full capacity

coal and climate

BEIJING- China will help its coal-fired power plants run at full capacity, the government has announced, raising further alarm about the fate of Beijing’s climate pledges. Swathes of the world’s second-biggest economy were paralysed last year because of power shortages, partly caused by a drop in coal supply as global prices of the fossil fuel … Read more

Recovery plans still short on renewable energy: IEA

Clean energy remains just a tiny part of the pandemic economic recovery plans despite some improvement, the IEA said on Thursday as it warned carbon dioxide emissions were set to rebound. Investments in clean energy — whether it is renewable production, electric vehicles or efficiency measures — represent only three percent of the $16.9 trillion … Read more