Two interesting articles here. China has always been capable of long-term planning, and more recently with creating rapid change (e.g. building a new city a month). So if these stories are correct, then well done to China. That also begs another question: why is Tony Abbott’s government in Australia stiil so keen on massive new coal mines?
China: rapid progress with air pollution
: China's last Beijing coal power plant - David Gray, Reuters
The IMF explains just how large the subsidies paid to the fossil fuel industry are. I’ve attached the PDF from their article. Mike 🙂
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/fossil-fuels-subsidised-by-a-shocking-10m-a-minute-says-imf-10261229.html
wp15105.pdf
Abbott just gets worse and worse!
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/17/for-tony-abbott-its-full-steam-ahead-on-coal-the-foundation-of-prosperity