China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad Are a Boon for Climate, but Human Rights and the Environment Are a Different Story

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By By Nicholas KusnetzDec 17, 2025, 10:00 am241 ptsTop
Chinese companies have pledged hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy manufacturing investments overseas. The projects could help lower emissions, but they are having significant social, environmental and human rights impacts. By Nicholas Kusnetz Planet China: Twelfth in a series about how Beijing’s…

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