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minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoChina is huge. They work a lot on green energy, but on the other hand they don’t care about opening a new coal plant each week. We shouldn’t be giving them credit when their green initiatives are mostly just greenwashing and capitalistic in nature.
minus-squareDisaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAdam Tooze just gave an address in Zurich and talks about this very question… apparently China is very well aware of this issue and is currently “working on it”
China is huge. They work a lot on green energy, but on the other hand they don’t care about opening a new coal plant each week.
We shouldn’t be giving them credit when their green initiatives are mostly just greenwashing and capitalistic in nature.
Adam Tooze just gave an address in Zurich and talks about this very question… apparently China is very well aware of this issue and is currently “working on it”