Satellite images show 'runaway' expansion of coal power in China
by Adam Vaughan from Environment | The Guardian on (#3ZJ63)
Extra 259GW capacity from coal in pipeline despite Beijing's restrictions on plants
Chinese coal-fired power plants, thought to have been cancelled because of government edicts, are still being built and are threatening to "seriously undermine" global climate goals, researchers have warned.
Satellite photos taken in 2018 of locations in China reveal cooling towers and new buildings that were not present a year earlier at plants that were meant to stop operations or be postponed by orders from Beijing.
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