Posted on 10/13/2021 8:36:31 AM PDT by Enlightened1
China is making a mockery of climate targets as it announced plans to build more coal-fired power plants and increase oil and gas exploration, just weeks ahead of the COP26 summit where world leaders were expected to agree to ambitious emission cuts.
Beijing's National Energy Commission said late Tuesday it is important 'to build advanced coal-fired power plants' and intensify domestic oil and gas exploration after the country was hit by blackouts last week.
Li Keqiang, China's second-in-command, made the announcement after the meeting and hinted that a pledge to cap the country's carbon emissions by 2030 - which already lags behind commitments made by other major economies - could be torn up.
His announcement will cause alarm ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow in two weeks, and is a major blow to the UK's plans for securing a global agreement on phasing out coal.
Amidst a global energy crisis caused as economies reopen post-Covid, China has also ordered its 682 coal mines to raise their annual output capacity to 55.3 million tonnes while imports soared by 76% last month.
Elsewhere, India has also ordered its own mines to increase production amid shortages and blackouts, and has increased its own imports as well.
China is already the world's largest polluter, with more than 50% of its energy coming from coal, which is considered the most-polluting source.
The UN has said if global emissions are not cut by 50% by 2030, the climate crisis will lead to further wide-ranging and more destructive natural disasters, such as flood and drought.
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How come all this just makes me laugh? Reality, what a concept.
Uh, what does Greta think?
And AOC.
And the DNC platform writers.
Let’s demand the Communist Chinese send us global climate change destruction reparations.
Makes them smarter than us apparently...
Ping.
Ping.
Will Greta take a train to China and “Shame On You” them ,LOL
Good for them.
They should not be blamed for ignoring Western-promoted, green, climate stupidity.
Silly. She will walk. No more first class train rides.
Strange world, is it not, when the Chicoms do more to provide for their people than our loathsome, POS, bottom-dwelling. slime mold, pond scum DemocRATs.
Now, what are we going to do about it?
Bold facwe GD lie!!!!!
facwe = faced
When is Greta going to Beijing to scowl at Xi?
As soon as her private luxury jet and crew are set (some jab policy setbacks of staffing levels) and they can provide a luxury SUV limo for her.
If she sasses Xi and scowls at him, what if he tightens up his face wrinkles further and further until we finally can't even see his eyes or mouth? And his face freezes that way as mommies used to tell bratty kids.
“China produced 3.84 billion tonnes of coal in 2020”
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3121426/china-coal-why-it-so-important-economy
That’s about 23,000 pounds of coal per American per year.
Hey, if they were never held accountable for the so-called pandemic or worldwide lockdown, don't expect much of a response, particularly from people who think the climate is somehow something that can be controlled by an act of Congress.
China is shouting "Fu## Joe Biden!"
China never had any intention of complying with the idiocy that is the “climate crisis” hysteria.
They only give lip service to it so we will cripple our economy.
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