Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Great Pall of China

Explosive growth means China will overtake America this year as world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases By Michael McCarthy and Clifford Coonan Published: 25 April 2007

In a seismic shift for the world, China will overtake the United States as the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases this year, far earlier than thought - and present the problem of tackling climate change in even more difficult terms.

The Chinese economy, which is now growing at the unprecedented rate of 11 per cent annually, is sending carbon emissions from China's mushrooming coal-fired power stations beyond those of the whole of the US, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday. continue...

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