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China

Despite Record Renewable Growth, China Is Still Betting on Coal

China’s power-sector emissions fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade, but a rebound in coal-fired generation raises doubts about whether the decline will last.

By Andrew Liu

A newly constructed coal-fired power plant is seen on Aug. 6, 2025, in Bijie, China. Credit: Tao Liang/Xinhua via Getty Images
Fishermen prepare their nets in the Gulf of California near San Felipe, Mexico. Credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

America Is Policing Foreign Waters, but Gutting Domestic Protections

By Johnny Sturgeon

A worker walks past molten steel at a factory in Huai'an, China, on July 22, 2025. Credit: CN-STR/AFP via Getty Images

Driven by Steel Production, China’s Belt and Road Construction Carries a Heavy Climate Cost

By Phil McKenna

Fishers wave from onboard a Chinese-flagged squid jigger. Credit: Environmental Justice Foundation

Dolphins, Sharks, Turtles and Workers Are All Victims of Unregulated Squid Fleets

By Johnny Sturgeon

Shark fins are set out to dry along a street in Hong Kong. Credit: Bertha Wang/AFP via Getty Images

China’s Shark Finning Could Lead to US Seafood Sanctions

By Johnny Sturgeon

Workers assemble electric vehicles on Jan. 13 at a factory in Zhejiang, China. Credit: VCG via Getty Images

China Widens Its Clean Energy Lead

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Honda presents the world premiere of the 0 Saloon and 0 SUV prototypes at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 9, 2025. Credit: Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Vanishing Next Generation of US-Made EVs

By Dan Gearino

Workers assemble wind turbine blades at the construction site of a wind farm in Zhangye City, China, on April 17, 2025. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

China’s Clean Energy Push Has Made It Less Vulnerable to Energy Shocks, Including the Iran War

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Georgina Gustin

Soybeans are harvested at a farm in Montividiu, Goias, Brazil. Credit: Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images

Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock

By Georgina Gustin

Employees work on photovoltaic cell modules used in solar panels at a factory in Lianyungang, China. Credit: AFP via Getty Images

China Is Leaving America in the Dust on Clean Energy

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

The police officer and solider are in the foreground; beyond them, water stretches out toward the project.

Trump Says He Supports American Oil and Gas. Why Is His Administration Financing a French-Owned Project in Mozambique?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Finless porpoises play in the Yangtze River waters of Yichang City, China, on April 22, 2025. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Five Years Into a Fishing Ban, the Yangtze River Is Teeming With Life

By Johnny Sturgeon

Solar panels and wind turbines are seen at the Huaneng Binzhou new energy power generation project in Binzhou, China, on June 11, 2025. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

China Could Reach Peak Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sooner Than Beijing Planned, New Report Suggests

By Georgina Gustin

Local teenagers play soccer in front of the Sitakunda ship graveyard. Credit: Spencer Call/NGO Shipbreaking Platform.

‘Toxic Colonialism’ on the Bay of Bengal

By Johnny Sturgeon

Global Energy Transition Investment Grew in 2025 Despite Major Obstacles; Here Are the Numbers

By Dan Gearino

The cooling towers and main unit of the Chinese–funded Sahiwal coal plant dominate the skyline above rural farmlands in Punjab, Pakistan. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

The Chinese Coal Offer Pakistan Couldn’t Afford But Didn’t Refuse

By Aman Azhar

Oil refineries off of the Houston Ship Channel in Houston, Texas. According to the United Nations, "fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for around 68 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions." Credit: Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images

Post-COP 30 Modeling Shows World Is Far Off Track for Climate Goals

By Ryan Krugman

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shake hands while smiling at the camera, their country's flags behind them.

As the U.S. and Canada Clash, China Stands Ready to Step in and Sell the Cars of the Future

By Dan Gearino

China's Vice-Premier He Lifeng delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday. Credit: Fabrice Coffrin/AFP via Getty Images

Economic Interests Drive Chinese Climate Leadership Amid U.S. Retreat

By Dylan Baddour

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