Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. New documents ramp up pressure on coal ‘STRICTLY CONTROL’ FOSSIL FUELS: On 22 April, China issued a set of “guiding opinions” on energy conservation and carbon reduction that…
You’ve probably heard by now the blockbuster news that Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the richest people to ever walk the planet, has had a change of heart on climate change. For several decades, Gates poured billions of dollars into the climate-industrial complex and was howling that the end is nigh unless we stop…
Welcome to our guide to the commodities markets powering the global economy. Today, China-based energy reporter Dan Murtaugh asks what the rest of the world can learn from the nation’s success in deploying offshore wind turbines. It was only a few years ago that the offshore wind industry conjured a future with a near-limitless supply…