Darrin Magee News Today

As outlined in China’s national climate plan, submitted to the United Nations last month, the country’s aim to peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 or sooner will rely heavily on a shift from coal to use of non-fossil fuels.To many, that would seem a clear win for the environment in coastal megacities and mining areas, where air, water, and soil pollution are a potent toxic

China sandstorms highlight threat of climate crisis Michael Standaert in Shenzhen Recent sandstorms that shrouded Beijing in a post-apocalyptic orange haze and intensive droughts in other parts of the country are bringing into stark relief the challenges China faces from rising temperatures induced by the climate crisis. The widespread sandstorms that pelted the capital and spread as far as central China for several days in mid-March and again at the end of the month were brough...