Correction, Please!
Collaborating With China in Climate Con Game
Need for negotiation skills: Under an agreement between President Obama and China to cut CO2 emissions, China will continue building a new coal-fired power plant every 10 days, while the United States will cut CO2 emissions by 26 to 28 percent of the 2005 rate. It's practically U.S. economic suicide. (Photo credit: AP Images)
Item: A “Fact Sheet” from the White House announced on November 11, 2014: President Obama announced a new target to cut net greenhouse gas emissions 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. At the same time, President Xi Jinping of China announced targets to peak CO2 emissions around 2030, with the intention to try to peak early, and to increase the non-fossil fuel share of all energy to around 20 percent by 2030.”
These actions “are part of the longer range effort to achieve the deep decarbonization of the global economy over time.”
Item: The Obama administration, reported the Washington Post for December 2, “is hoping for fresh momentum toward a climate treaty during international talks” in the Peruvian capital of Lima.
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