Ride the Early Tides of a Sea Change

Newly adopted climate mitigations have caused China’s coal and electricity consumption to fall the first time this century. Coal and heavy industries were the most targeted sectors, which has led to more demand from unconventional oil extraction – extraction that could have unintended negative consequences.



Wang Tao Resident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/18eTjSE