{"id":1929784,"date":"2023-05-12T12:55:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-carbon-emissions-soar-as-biden-unveils-crackdown-on-american-power-plants\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:59:24","slug":"chinas-carbon-emissions-soar-as-biden-unveils-crackdown-on-american-power-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-carbon-emissions-soar-as-biden-unveils-crackdown-on-american-power-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s carbon emissions rise while Biden announces crackdown on US power plants."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinas-carbon-emissions-soar-as-biden-unveils-crackdown-on-american-power-plants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1929784&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>China&#8217;s Carbon Emissions Hit Record High Despite Biden&#8217;s Crackdown<\/h2>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Emissions Surge<\/h3>\n<p>China&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-isnt-meeting-its-own-paris-climate-accord-commitments\/\" title=\"France Isn\u2019t Meeting Its Own Paris Climate Accord Commitments\">carbon dioxide emissions<\/a> have hit a record high in the first quarter of 2023, with a 4.0% year-over-year increase compared to the same period in 2022. This surge in emissions is due to the rollback of lockdowns and an economic rebound in China. According to Carbon Brief, the increase in emissions is driven by a 5.5% increase in oil consumption, a 3.6% increase in coal consumption, and a 1.4% increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-long-would-it-actually-take-for-america-to-shift-to-renewable-energy-how-much-would-it-cost\/\" title=\"How Long Would It Actually Take For America To Shift To Renewable Energy? How Much Would It Cost?\">natural gas consumption<\/a>. The power sector, especially coal, is the largest factor behind the increased fuel use.<\/p>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Impact on Global Emissions<\/h3>\n<p>China is responsible for 26.1% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, surpassing the United States and the European Union. Critics of renewable energy transitions have observed that increased carbon emissions from China, India, and developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa are outpacing emissions declines in the West.<\/p>\n<h3>EPA&#8217;s New Rules<\/h3>\n<p>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently unveiled new rules that will force coal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-post-editorial-board-americans-fed-up-with-crime-and-other-commentary\/\" title=\"NY Post Editorial Board: Americans Fed up With Crime and Other Commentary\">natural gas power plants<\/a> in the United States to decrease their emissions. Coal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-carbon-emissions-soar-as-biden-unveils-crackdown-on-american-power-plants\/\" title=\"China's carbon emissions rise while Biden announces crackdown on US power plants.\">natural gas plants account<\/a> for 60% of power generation in the United States. The new standards are expected to produce &#8220;climate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-matters-accused-of-deceptively-editing-fox-news-dana-perino-after-fda-approves-pfizer-vaccine\/\" title=\"Media Matters Accused Of Deceptively Editing Fox News\u2019 Dana Perino After FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine\">public health benefits<\/a>&#8221; worth $85 billion over the next two decades and prevent premature deaths and hospital visits due to decreased particulate matter emissions.<\/p>\n<p>However, West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin opposes the new rules and has announced that he will oppose every EPA nominee from the White House until the rules are reversed. He believes that the regulations will kill the fossil industry by a thousand cuts and harm energy security and reliability.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>China&#8217;s record-high carbon emissions and the EPA&#8217;s new rules highlight the ongoing debate over the transition to renewable energy and the impact on the fossil fuel industry. As the world continues to grapple with the effects of climate change, it is crucial to find a balance between reducing emissions and maintaining energy security and reliability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon dioxide emissions in China soared to a record high in the first quarter of this year even as the Biden administration moves to crack down on emissions at American power plants. China witnessed a 4.0% year-over-year increase in carbon dioxide emissions in the first three months of 2023 relative to the same period in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1929785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4156,3620,10051,5909,5804,5613,11072,5084,5319],"class_list":["post-1929784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-announces","tag-biden","tag-carbon","tag-chinas","tag-crackdown","tag-emissions","tag-plants","tag-power","tag-rise"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1929784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1929785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1929784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1929784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1929784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}