Re: King Coal still lives
Author: Cprr
Date: 09-28-2018 - 09:21
For those who don't read French:
Environment: Is China still building coal plants?
Satellite images unveiled last September 26 show that China, which promised to reduce its CO2 emissions during the Paris agreements in 2016, continues to build massive coal plants.
Beijing had promised to limit the pollution of cities and global warming: more question for China to continue massively build coal power plants on its territory. But, surprise, an NGO observed satellite photos of power plants whose construction was officially suspended: in one year, a new cooling tower here, two towers there and clouds of smoke.
A disturbing report
The phenomenon has been observed throughout China and worries the experts behind the report. "If they are built, we read, these plants will increase Chinese capacity by 25%," 10% more than the ceiling announced by China after the Paris agreements of 2016. China remains by far the world's largest consumer coal, with 4 billion tonnes burned each year.