A new study finds a 10-year rise in China’s sulfur hexafluoride emissions and pinpoints its sources. SF6, commonly used in electric power grids, has a greenhouse effect more than 24,000 times that of carbon dioxide.
‘Establishing the new before abolishing the old’ will help guide Beijing’s policy drive and problem-solving efforts, including its attempts to curb mounting local-level debt and other economic problems.
Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced two new hearings focused on energy security and emissions reduction efforts as they prepare to fine-tune their messaging and preview their bipartisan trip to the U.N. climate summit in Dubai.
The United States and China pledged to strengthen cooperation on climate change and will work together on combating methane and plastic pollution, the State Department said Wednesday, signaling a thaw in icy diplomatic relations just hours ahead of President Joe Biden’s sitdown with Chinese President Xi Jinping.