China’s AI-driven data center boom, powered by coal and prioritized over climate goals, epitomizes the energy paradox of generative AI.
Imagine life without fossil fuels
How do you get out of poverty and food insecurity without cheap, reliable, abundant, and scalable energy?
Chinese regime using climate policy as a weapon against US economy
“It is very clear to me that climate change has become a war weapon for the CCP. Their goal is to supplant Western governments while continuing to grow their economic and military […]
China’s energy dream
NEW REPORT: Energy security is vital to the longevity of the Chinese Communist Party and that means fossil fuels. The pursuit of CO2 reductions does not serve the goal of preserving Communist […]
The truth about China
Why Beijing will resist demands for abatement. A new report by Patricia Adams.
Landslide destroys dam in Three Gorges region
Geologists predict more frequent catastrophes in China’s Three Gorges Dam region, after landslides wipe out a hydropower plant. Fan Xiao and Yang Yong, the authors of several reports for Probe International, speak to thethirdpole.net about a disaster-prone region made more perilous by intensive hydropower development and call for new risk assessments to be carried out.


