{"id":144576,"date":"2026-01-20T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144576"},"modified":"2026-01-20T22:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:00:14","slug":"chinas-coal-fired-export-ban-was-cheered-by-the-west-then-came-the-massive-blackouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144576","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s coal-fired export ban was cheered by the West. Then came the massive blackouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn 2021, when Beijing finally pledged to stop building and financing new coal power plants overseas, Western governments and climate advocates rejoiced. John Kerry, US climate envoy at the time, said he was \u201cabsolutely delighted to hear\u201d of the decision.<br \/>\nIt is \u201ca key topic of my discussions during my visit to China\u201d, Alok Sharma, a member of the British House of Lords, wrote on social media, suggesting it was a result of pressure from the West.<br \/>\nBut now, from Chile to Spain to Portugal, country&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3339280\/chinas-coal-fired-export-ban-was-cheered-west-then-came-massive-blackouts?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn 2021, when Beijing finally pledged to stop building and financing new coal power plants overseas, Western governments and climate advocates rejoiced. John Kerry,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144576"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}