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China’s Energy Dominance Gets a Boost From Trump
Beijing has the perfect opportunity to present itself as the clean alternative.
China has a chance to stand out on climate.
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The return to power of President-elect Donald Trump is rightly seen as a disaster for efforts to rein in climate change.
He’s promised to eviscerate the Biden administration’s clean energy subsidies, tear up regulations on vehicle and power plant emissions, and unleash more fossil fuel production. “We have more liquid gold, oil and gas,” he said in a victory speech early Wednesday, “than any country in the world.”