No. of Recommendations: 2
"Um, #1: You cannot believe anything that China says.
#2: China is building 1-2 new coal plants a week."
Not sure how statement 2 logically aligns with statement 1??
#3: Refer to #1.
Re your question, I just asked google. But it's a valid question so I asked google "how do we know china building coal power plants"
The first (AI) hit said "AI Overview
We know China is building coal power plants primarily through reports from energy-tracking organizations like Global Energy Monitor and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), which use data on project permits, construction starts, and existing plant databases to document this activity. These findings are corroborated by news reports from outlets such as Reuters and The New York Times.
Here are the key ways this information is gathered and confirmed:
Energy Monitoring Organizations:
Nonprofit organizations like Global Energy Monitor (GEM) and CREA continuously track and publish annual reports on the global energy landscape.
They maintain detailed datasets, such as GEM's Global Coal Plant Tracker (GCPT), which documents every known and proposed coal-fired generating unit worldwide."
