How U.S. Climate Advocacy Gives China an Edge

How U.S. Climate Advocacy Gives China an Edge

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A chimney of a coal-fired power plant stands behind a lion statue in Shanghai, China, October 21, 2021. (Aly Song/Reuters)

A coordinated legal and policy network is constraining American energy and industry while advantaging China. 

The Chinese Communist Party is trying to subvert American power by weaponizing our own institutions against us. Nowhere is this dynamic more visible than in climate policy, where influential organizations are unwittingly delivering strategic advantages to our adversary.

A new State Armor report, “ELI and Communist China: How the Environmental Law Institute Threatens American Energy and Advances Chinese Interests,” examines one prominent Washington nonprofit at the center of this effort.

The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) markets itself as a leader in environmental cooperation with a mission to “foster innovative, just, and practical law and policy solutions.” In practice, it consistently bolsters Chinese interests ...

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