Green Energy

Imperial Hypocrisy of the US-China Climate Talks

September 26, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Climate Change, Green Energy, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars

by Megan Russell, submitted September 25, 2024 Earlier this month, US climate envoy John Podesta met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing to discuss climate financing for the upcoming years. The US has long criticized China’s approach to confronting the climate threat, and continuously pushes Chinese leaders to do more. At the same time, US leaders label China’s[…]

China Holds First-Ever Carbon-Neutral Olympics

February 14, 2022 UNAC Editor China, Environment

by Lyn Neeley, published on Workers World, February 14, 2022 This year’s Beijing Winter Olympics is the first in history to be carbon-neutral. This includes renewable energy in all game venues, introducing new low-carbon technologies and using transportation fueled by hydrogen, natural gas and electricity. China completed the Zhangbei power grid station in time for the Olympics. That’s the world’s[…]

U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy

September 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Europe, U.S. Budget

by Nicolas J. S. Davies and Medea Benjamin, September 22, 2021 President Biden addressed the UN General on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a “point of no return,” and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. “We will lead not just with the example of our power but,[…]

Planning can save the planet: China chooses renewable energy

April 26, 2019 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, Imperial greed

Photo: Solar hot water in Weihai, Shandong province, China, like in the rest of China, this technology has a great success in this city ~ Wikimedia Commons (Solon) You can see this in Iran as well, though the hot water heaters aren’t accompanied by solar panels where I was by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, April 23, 2019 The[…]