Climate Super-Pollutant from China’s Electric Grid Is Cooking the Planet — SkimNews
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- China's electric grid is the largest emitter of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), identified by the source as the planet's most potent greenhouse gas.
- China simultaneously leads the world in renewable energy expansion, a contradiction the article frames as the grid's 'dirty secret' given the SF6 footprint.
Why it matters: China's status as the world's top renewable energy builder is undercut by its grid being the largest single source of SF6, the most potent greenhouse gas — meaning the climate accounting on its clean-energy buildout is more complex than capacity figures alone suggest.
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