china seen topping u.s. carbon emissions in 2007
BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) - China is on course to overtake the United States this year as the world’s biggest carbon emitter, estimates based on Chinese energy data show, potentially pressuring Beijing to take more action on climate change.
China’s emissions rose by some 10 percent in 2005, a senior U.S. scientist estimated, while Beijing data shows fuel consumption rose more than 9 percent in 2006, suggesting China would easily outstrip the U.S. this year, long before forecasts.
jay: we outsource a ton of our manufacturing to china and then bitch when their carbon emissions rise? seems to me that it’s only fair to keep the u.s. on the hook for at least some of it, like maybe right after we acknowledge that carbon emissions are actually bad.