China About to Pass US as World's Top Generator of Greenhouse Gases




by Robert Collier, San Franciso Chronicle




Far more than previously acknowledged, the battle against global warming will be won or lost in China, even more so than in the West, new data show.



A report released last week by Beijing authorities indicated that as its economy continues to expand at a red-hot pace, China is highly likely to overtake the United States this year or in 2008 as the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.




This information, along with data from the International Energy Agency, the Paris-based alliance of oil importing nations, also revealed that China's greenhouse gas emissions have recently been growing by a total amount much greater than that of all industrialized nations put together.



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Comments

Frightening isn't it? Considering the U.S. currently uses 25% of the world's resources and produces about 25% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. Between the U.S. and China, I would say we have a lot of work to do!

Thanks for the interesting posts. I'll be a frequent visitor.

Karen
Anonymous said…
china is gonna get everyone killed with the amount greenhouse gases they are producing.

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