Qinghai’s fossil fuel-free week

[Jangle]

While the U.S. flounders on environmental action and a growing number of cabinet officials out themselvesas climate deniers, China continues to make waves as an emerging leader in this space.

Chinese state media announced this week that the sprawling province of Qinghai in the country’s northwest had run for seven consecutive days entirely on renewable energy. The province, which is larger than Texas, relied only on wind, solar and hydroelectric power from June 17-23, reported Xinhua. These renewable energy sources reportedly provided Qinghai and its population of 5.8 million with 1.1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity — equal to about 535,000 tons of coal.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-p...132559581.html

[Islandman]

US and Trump have different priorities, like saving coal industry jobs

China is set to overachieve the pledges it made in the Paris climate agreement, according to a recent Climate Action Tracker report. Together with India, China’s climate commitments have been so significant that they could offset the negative impacts that President Donald Trump’s climate policies could have on the globe, the report’s authors said.

China clearly sees a window of opportunity here, while the US fiddles with its domestic issues. At the end of the Trump era of isolation, the US might return to a very changed global landscape

[Sir X]

2 terms yuh say,they mean very,very,very different.Europe might start its own TPP...hehe

[Peter R]

In Trump's announcements during "Energy Week", not one mention was made by the man who likes o blow his own Trumpet about renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro ) ... none! I found that amazing (well, not really, but...).

If I missed it please correct me!