With federal subsidies ending or becoming hard to claim, companies are racing ahead with solar, wind and battery projects.

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China is building a network of ultrahigh-voltage power lines to carry solar and wind energy hundreds and even thousands of miles as few citizens dare to protest.

China is using the high-altitude expanse for immense solar panel farms and wind turbines and has begun work on the world’s largest hydroelectric dams.

The president is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result.

The world generated more electricity from renewable energy than coal for the first time ever, a new report finds. The United States is lagging behind.

While the West is distracted and divided, China is focused and surging ahead.

President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate summit that China will reduce emissions across its economy, expand renewables sixfold and make electric cars “mainstream.”

China had fueled climate optimism. But now the story seems to be changing.

China’s problem with competition is that it’s too brutal.

Its vast investment in solar, wind and batteries is on track to end an era of global growth in the use of coal, oil and gas, the researchers said.

Already this year, China’s trade surplus with Africa is nearly as big as all of 2024, a sign of how President Trump’s tariffs are reshaping the flow of goods.

Across the country, unmasked wildfire fighters are falling ill and dying. Hannah Dreier talks about her investigation into the risks these workers face.

A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.