China report warns of greenhouse gas leap

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Source: Reuters

BEIJING, Oct 22 (Reuters) - China's greenhouse gas pollution could double or more in two decades says a new Chinese state think-tank study that casts stark light on the industrial giant's role in stoking global warming.

Beijing has not released recent official data on greenhouse gas from the nation's fast-growing use of coal, oil and gas. Researchers abroad estimate China's carbon dioxide emissions now easily outstrip that of the United States, long the biggest emitter.

But in a break with official reticence, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other major state-run institutes have concluded that, without dramatic counter-steps, their nation's emissions will tower over all others' much sooner and higher than an earlier government forecast indicated.

The projected leap in emissions underscores the pressures that China will face in looming climate change negotiations, and the immense challenges it will face in meeting any commitments.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP357842.htm

[Teaser]

1. well, it's progress that they're acknowledging it, I guess

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2. I suspect they'll be even slower to respond than the US.

They just got started on their economic rise. Doubt they'll want to curtail it anytime soon.

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4. I imagine it will be....

several decades before they even consider the notion. They've got plenty of people to spare as seen by the rampant poisoning in their rivers.

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3. gee no sh*t CHINA

does it not mix well with the melamine and lead? :dunce: :dunce: :dunce:

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5. "I see China from Alaska, I think, and there's no mention of this in the Bible." - Sarah Pale Horse

"So it must be more lib-rul fact-based stuff." - Sarah Pale Horse

[Javaman]

6. it couldn't have anything to do with their coal plant a week program? naaaaa perish the thought. nt