China Green Bulletin: The Blessing and Curse of Coal

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Analysis

Coal is both a blessing and curse for Shanxi province. The greatest obstacles to China reaching its carbon neutrality goals lie in this northern province. It is the country’s largest coal producer, a major provider of electricity and the source of half of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. Read more here for how China’s top producer of coal and greenhouse gases is trying to balance high carbon neutrality goals with a provincial economy based on thermal energy