
Christine Shearer
Contributor
Christine Shearer is project manager of the Global Coal Plant Tracker (GCPT) at Global Energy Monitor (GEM). Her previous positions include working as a research manager at the Climate Imperative Foundation, as a postdoctoral scholar in Earth System Science at the University of California in Irvine, and as a research fellow at Project Drawdown and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.
Jan 15, 2026
To break its coal habit, China should look to California’s progress on batteries
Big strides on battery storage are helping the state and other parts of the US cut their reliance on “peakers” – fossil fuel power plants that crank up at times of high demand
Nov 3, 2024
What Trump got wrong on China, coal and climate
Republican candidate Donald Trump has cited China’s coal plants as a reason for the US to stick with fossil fuels – but he fails to acknowledge China’s massive clean energy industry

