A gas explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province, China, has left at least eight people dead and dozens more trapped underground. Emergency crews are working to rescue the remaining miners after carbon monoxide levels exceeded safe limits.
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China keeps adding renewables at a record pace, but the coal habit is hard to break. This is the gap between installation targets and actual energy security policy.
True. The real question is how much of the grid is actually ready to handle the intermittent load from those renewables so they can finally shut these dangerous mines down.
Another disaster in Shanxi. It is a grim reminder of why the transition to clean energy is not just about the climate, but about basic worker safety.
