Biden’s Green Envoy John Kerry Praises China’s ENVIRONMENT Progress

Biden’s Green Envoy John Kerry Praises China’s Climate Progress

Despite Beijing’s Coal Boom

DAILY CALLER

President Joe Biden’s Climate Envoy John Kerry praised China for going beyond its commitments to combat climate change in an interview with the Financial Times released on Tuesday despite the country’s ramping up of coal usage to achieve energy security.

China has “outperformed its commitments” to curb carbon emissions and embrace renewable energy, Kerry told the FT. At the same time, Beijing is currently constructing new emissions-heavy coal power plants and has indicated that it will increase its coal consumption for several years as it works to fuel its economy and avoid blackouts, according to a July Greenpeace report.

Although Chinese President Xi Jinping announced plans to roll back China’s coal consumption in April 2021, Chinese provincial governments approved plans to add a total of 8.63 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power plants in the first quarter of 2022 alone, equal to 46.55% of the total capacity approved in 2021, according to the report.

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A view of the Wujing coal-electricity power station is seen across the Huangpu River in the Minhang district of Shanghai on August 22, 2022. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

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China’s domestic coal mining is nearing record levels and its imports of coal from Russia reached a new high last month, according to The New York Times.

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