Steam billows out of the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Photo: AP
Steam billows out of the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Photo: AP
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Power outages are a wake-up call as China tries to go green

  • The goals are clear – cut the levels of carbon dioxide and other polluting gases – but implementation is haphazard as seen in widening blackouts

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Updated: 9:47pm, 29 Sep, 2021

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Steam billows out of the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Photo: AP
Steam billows out of the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Photo: AP
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