Monday, 22 August 2022

Hold Back the River?

A rather graphic reminder of climate change for the major polluter? China is currently experiencing a record drought. Parts of the Yangtze river have dried up.Provision of hydropower and shipping are both on hold, meaning that commercial activity is strongly impacted. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/china-drought-causes-yangtze-river-to-dry-up-sparking-shortage-of-hydropower). Time to reduce record imports of Russian hydrocarbons and really curtail the release of 'greenhouse gases'?

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