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posted by n1 on Thursday May 18 2017, @01:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the smoke-the-competition dept.

As corporations, citizens and governments continue to urge the Trump administration to stick with the Paris Climate Agreement, a new analysis is undercutting one of the climate naysayers primary objections:

China and India are actually years ahead of their climate commitments.

Those, at least, are the findings from Climate Action Tracker which suggest that scaling back of coal consumption in both countries is likely to be enough to 'cancel out' the expected slowing down of progress by the United States under President Trump. India, for example, had pledged to lower the emissions intensity by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. The new analysis suggests they will leap past that mark to a 42 to 45 percent cut in emissions intensity by 2030.


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  • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Thursday May 18 2017, @02:49PM (2 children)

    by linkdude64 (5482) on Thursday May 18 2017, @02:49PM (#511697)

    As a bystander here, my first thought is, "Right, because China never lies about its air quality." If you know absolutely anything about China, you will know of their AQI scores in the bigger cities like Beijing and how when they say, "Perfectly safe air today in Glorious China! Pregnant women - go have a jog!" translates, in reality, to people wearing face masks to prevent their lungs and/or eyes from burning.

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  • (Score: 2) by Whoever on Thursday May 18 2017, @10:22PM (1 child)

    by Whoever (4524) on Thursday May 18 2017, @10:22PM (#511865) Journal

    And, as I told another poster: you are an idiot who doesn't recognize that particulates and CO2 are different.

    • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Saturday May 20 2017, @04:55AM

      by linkdude64 (5482) on Saturday May 20 2017, @04:55AM (#512522)

      The fact of an environmental organization lying about particulates released to the atmosphere is not mutually exclusive to them lying about gases they release to the atmosphere in any way. In syntax you may understand: China lie about environment. China lie about particulates. China lie about gases? Me no know. That is the entire extent of the suggestion in my original comment.