China boosts profitable renewables as Trump clings to coal

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During a speech to global elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, US President Donald Trump announced that while China sold windmills to "stupid people that buy them," it did not use wind power itself. Nothing could be further from the truth. China actually added record amounts of both wind and solar power capacity in 2025. And according to some calculations, it may even have reached peak CO2 emissions — way ahead of its planned trajectory.  The vast Asian country also provides

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