Chinese Firms Under Scrutiny for Falsifying Emissions Data

Unchecked carbon data fraud threatens China's green ambitions

Smoke belching from a coal-fueled power station near Datong, in China's northern Shanxi Province on November 19, 2015. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

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China’s environmental watchdog has named four companies that falsified carbon emission reports. As data fraud continues to undermine the country’s ambitious climate goals, a former employee in China’s environment ministry analyzed the causes.