{"id":1301984,"date":"2022-02-16T08:23:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1301984"},"modified":"2022-02-16T08:23:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:23:14","slug":"china-goes-all-in-on-coal-ramps-power-output-to-full-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-goes-all-in-on-coal-ramps-power-output-to-full-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"China Goes All in on Coal: Ramps Power Output to Full Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-goes-all-in-on-coal-ramps-power-output-to-full-capacity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1301984&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">China has doubled down on refusing to stick to its climate pledges by announcing Monday it will be expanding operations of coal-fired power plants across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a&nbsp;Chinese State Council meeting chaired by&nbsp;Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, China reaffirmed its position to increase its use of coal powered energy to \u201csafeguard power usage in both production and daily life\u201d, the official Chinese state press agency Xinhua <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/20220215\/2971ca648ff04357a15d0ddf83707464\/c.html\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>China is the world\u2019s largest polluter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-57018837\">emitting<\/a>&nbsp;an estimated&nbsp;27 per cent of the world\u2019s greenhouse gases in 2019, with the next largest emitter America only releasing 11 per cent of the world\u2019s pollution \u2013 less than 50 per cent of China\u2019s total emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Despite initially signing up to the U.N.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2017\/06\/02\/liberal-states-cities-ask-u-n-to-let-them-join-paris-agreement-raising-legal-questions\/\">Paris Climate Agreement<\/a>&nbsp;in 2016 which aims to keep global temperature rises under 2 \u00b0C and reaffirming this commitment to reduce its emissions at eco-conference COP 26 in a joint declaration&nbsp;with the United States in 2021, over the course of the pandemic, China has increased coal output \u2013 hitting&nbsp;a ten-year-high of using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/jan\/17\/chinas-coal-production-hit-record-levels-in-2021\">over four billion<\/a> metric tons of coal in 2021.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19900658\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1236516788.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19900658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1236516788-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The coal-powered Datang International Zhangjiakou Power Station is pictured at night in Zhangjiakou, one of the host cities for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in China\u2019s northern Hebei province on November 12, 2021. (GREG BAKER\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This increased use of coal indicates China is unlikely to honour its international promises to peak its&nbsp;emissions by 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2060.<\/p>\n<p>The communist nation\u2019s energy U-turn comes after the Chinese economy was inhibited in the coronavirus pandemic as a result of international fuel shortages, which led to multiple power outages in the nation of 1.4 billion people.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Communist dictatorship has since&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20220216-china-govt-to-help-run-coal-power-plants-at-full-capacity\">ordered<\/a> the reopening of domestic coal mines and also the scrapping of emission-curbing production quotas, meaning China\u2019s coal power plants will be operating at full capacity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19900682\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1236745397.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19900682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1236745397-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"659\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A barge unloads coal at a power station in Yangzhou, in China\u2019s eastern Jiangsu province on November 23, 2021.&nbsp; (STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Western populations are being forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2010\/12\/05\/obama-ban-of-offshore-oil-drilling-undermining-our-country\/\">tighten their belts<\/a> and deal with the expensive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/debate\/article-10366275\/ROSS-CLARK-DOES-green-tax-energy-bill-actually-pay-for.html\">ramifications<\/a> of green-energy policies, Chinese&nbsp;President Xi&nbsp;Jinping has told his government that any efforts to reduce China\u2019s emissions should not interfere with the nation\u2019s economic growth \u2013 indicating China will not be making any meaningful changes to curb its emissions in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has doubled down on refusing to stick to its climate pledges by announcing Monday it will be expanding operations of coal-fired power plants across the country. 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