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U.S. Emissions Rise 4.2%, China's Fall 2.7%

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196 points triceratops | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jryan49 ◴[02 Sep 25 20:37 UTC] No.45108691[source]▶
Is there a future where China uses this as leverage with the rest of the world to put sanctions on the US if we don't transition?
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thegrim33 ◴[02 Sep 25 20:42 UTC] No.45108775[source]▶
China emits a full 1/3 of the entire planet's CO2 emissions, emits three times as much as the US does, and emits more than any other country on Earth.
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1. nerpderp82 ◴[02 Sep 25 20:58 UTC] No.45108953[source]▶
US Noped out of Paris Accords and is on the path to unregulate greenhouse gas emissions while the article talks about the INCREASING US emissions while China's falls.

The US outsourced massive swaths of its manufacturing to China and with it, the emissions from those industries.

Talking in absolutes without context, nor the trajectories is rigorous at best and disingenuous or worse.

From the article

> International Energy Agency (IEA) figures show Chinese coal consumption falling 2.6% in the first half of the year, largely due to a boom in solar that saw the country add 92 gigawatts of capacity—that’s 92 billion watts—in a single month in May, compared to all-time U.S. installations of 134 GW.

So in one month, China added 68% of our total solar capacity to its grid.