‘BEIJING — The United States and China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters, announced plans for a joint clean energy research center Wednesday as the American commerce secretary appealed to Beijing to avoid imposing trade barriers on green technology.’
And an alarming factoid:
‘If China fails to use more renewable sources, the “amount of carbon
China emits in the next 30 years will equal all the carbon the U.S. has
emitted in the life of the country,” Chu said in a speech to students
at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.’