China, US unveil separate big steps to fight climate change Las Vegas Sun Newspaper


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Published Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 | 5:21 p.m. Updated 16 minutes ago The two biggest economies and largest carbon polluters in the world announced separate financial attacks on climate change Tuesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country will no longer fund coal-fired power plants abroad, surprising the world on climate for the second straight year at the U.N. General Assembly. That came hours after U.S. President Joe Biden announced a plan to double financial aid to poorer nations to $11.4 billion by 2024 so those countries could switch to cleaner energy and cope with global warming’s worsening impacts. That...