The Key to Fixing Global Warming? China
[This is an article from April 2010, but still a relevant one.]
“In 2006, China surpassed the US in total emissions. For Chu, this makes China the key to America’s energy future. Since the US and China produce some 40 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, Chu argues that far-reaching multicountry agreements aren’t really necessary.”
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“In part because they’re such massive polluters, the US and China have been the two countries stifling progress toward international agreements. If they could agree, others would feel the logjam had broken and follow along. It’s like a high school movie: Once the jocks and the nerds unite for a common cause, everyone falls in line.”