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China’s Soaring Emissions Are Upending Climate Politics (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Definitely concerning. Only tangentially related, but I feel like I see a lot of mud coming from the USA towards China's emissions. I do think it's important to call China out for emissions, but there's something that feels a little off about the world's most polluting country calling out others.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, China emissions are still not even half of what the west is doing per capita, and they are taking some giant leaps in renewables.

Not defending, but bullshit propaganda where so much is at stake is just sad - let the scientists talk.