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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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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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