Greenwashing with Chinese Characteristics
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Recent article:
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/29/progressive-funders-nee...
> Breakthrough did not just publish another contrarian essay. It filed an amicus brief against a climate lawsuit challenging Trump administration actions, then defended that intervention in a piece that framed climate litigation as anti-democratic lawfare. That should be a jump the shark moment for any progressive funder still writing checks out of habit, nostalgia, or inattention.
Even when the article in CleanTechnica tries to give impression, by showing a of graph TWh generation from commissioning of nuclear vs wind, water and solar generation in China, that China is in process of transition to renewables, it's not. They conveniently don't show electricity produced by coal/gas. Also they don't show uses of coal/gas in China in other non-electricity producing applications.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/02/yes-china-has...
Priorities for China in energy production are, in this order:
1. availability
2. cost
3. impact on air quality in major cities - smog
4. everything else (climate, CO2, ...)