Xi Attends White House Climate Summit Where Coal Is On The Menu Posted by Joseph Brouwer | Apr 23, 2021 Chinese President Xi Jinping virtually attended a White House climate summit, fueling hopes that Joe Biden’s policy of “extreme competition” will propel both countries to combat the climate crisis. Before the summit, Biden climate envoy John Kerry travelled to China. “We talked a lot about coal,” Kerry told the press. At The New York Times, Somini Sengupta wrote about Coal is the lightning rod of climate diplomacy this year, as countries scramble to rebuild their economies after ...