Yes, There Are Wind Farms in China

Meanwhile, U.S. leaders blow hot air.

Wind turbines in east China’s Jiangsu Province, 2024. / Xinhua / Shutterstock

I THINK IT’S important to finally drive a stake through what may be the most resilient—and incorrect and damaging—right-wing talking point on climate and energy. Which is, to paraphrase literally hundreds of congresspeople, cabinet secretaries, and spin doctors: “Why should America bother to cut its global warming emissions? China will simply build more coal plants and fill the air anyway.”

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