To investigate whether the digital economy mitigates carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), this study first constructs a comprehensive digital economy index, and then employs provincial panel data covering the period 2006-2017 in China. We then investigate the mediating effects. The results indicate...

East Asia is the world's main natural gas importing region, in which China became the world's largest gas importer in 2018. However, China's natural gas imports are subject to a high premium level, which increases the gas import cost and negatively impacts China's energy structure transformation...