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China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total (www.ecowatch.com)

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China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total::China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

renewables are not vanity regardless of country

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago

China regularly does vanity projects to get positive headlines. Mass tree planting has been a popular one, the trees are generally all dead in a year or two, but they got the pro environment headline.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

yes, most replanted trees die regardless. forest coverage is up and thats what matters.

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