China’s Push for Renewable Energy is Good for the Planet, but Maybe Not for the U.S.
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🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 0:45.3 | From KQED. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrivel. The United States is acting more and more like a petro state. |
| 0:54.8 | Because of our massive gas reserves, perhaps, not to mention our massive oil and gas industry, |
| 1:00.8 | the U.S. has not moved nearly as quickly as some nations to change our energy mix to move away from fossil fuels. |
| 1:08.4 | This, despite the undeniable reality that climate change caused by human beings burning |
| 1:13.3 | fossil fuels is deranging the atmosphere and will cause continued global warming and sea |
| 1:18.3 | level rise. |
| 1:20.1 | China, which has risen as an industrial power through the massive use of coal, has begun |
| 1:25.0 | to deploy an almost unbelievable number of solar panels and wind turbines. |
| 1:31.2 | Right now, both countries get roughly the same amount of their power for renewables, |
| 1:35.2 | but unless something changes very quickly, the U.S. will lag far behind by the end of the Trump |
| 1:40.6 | administration. |
| 1:41.9 | Here to talk about all these dynamics, we're joined by Jeremy Wallace, professor of China |
| 1:45.6 | Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. |
| 1:50.8 | Wallace writes the China Lab newsletter and his most recent article for Wired is titled, |
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