In 2025 electricity generated by coal plants fell by 1.6% in China and by 3% in India; a boom in clean energy in both countries was more than enough to meet their rising demand for energy. China and India drove more than 90% of the increase in global carbon emissions between 2015 and 2024.

Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s | Jillian Ambrose in the Guardian, 13 January 2026

In the US however coal use is up 13% and emissions are up by 2.4%.

Cold weather and data centres drive up US emissions | Matt McGrath for BBC News, 13 January 2026

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Originally posted in Second Nature 049 (January 2026). Category clean power, tags China.
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