Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: US-China Green Rivalry and a Myanmar Report
Suzi talks to eco-socialist writer-activist Richard Smith about a different sort of rivalry between the US and China: which leading polluter can be greener? President Biden has announced a very ambitious Green infrastructure package, and China is promising to reach carbon neutrality by 2060. At the same time, China has posted an 18.3% growth rate for the first quarter this year. What does this tell us? Richard Smith, author of China's Engine of Environmental Collapse looks at the environmental costs of China’s rapid growth, as well as its green claims. We’ll get his understanding of this…
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