China’s New Infrastructure Still Relies on Carbon: Report

China’s New Infrastructure Still Relies on Carbon: Report
A Chinese boy cycles past a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi Province, China, on Dec. 3, 2009. Andy Wong/AP
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Environmental group Greenpeace found that Chinese infrastructure still depends on carbon-intensive supply chains, though new infrastructure such as 5G emitted less carbon than traditional ones last year.

The findings show emissions from China’s new infrastructure industries are 7.24 percent lower than in traditional infrastructure. The industries covered by researchers include 5G technology, artificial intelligence, and data infrastructure, according to the report by Greenpeace, which was released on Wednesday.

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