{"id":560889,"date":"2021-06-11T12:51:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T16:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560889"},"modified":"2021-06-11T12:51:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T16:51:51","slug":"as-biden-pushes-climate-change-efforts-china-walks-back-theirs-to-ramp-up-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-biden-pushes-climate-change-efforts-china-walks-back-theirs-to-ramp-up-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"As Biden Pushes \u2018Climate Change\u2019 Efforts, China Walks Back Theirs To Ramp Up Growth"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fas-biden-pushes-climate-change-efforts-china-walks-back-theirs-to-ramp-up-growth%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=560889&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233370695.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>China \u2014 the world\u2019s top producer of carbon emissions \u2014 is shirking climate goals to prioritize economic growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The development comes as President Biden and other leaders of the G7 \u2014 a group of seven first-world economic powers \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/06\/10\/1004471127\/world-leaders-are-meeting-to-tackle-climate-change-and-pandemic-recovery\"><span>emphasize<\/span><\/a><span> climate change as a key global challenge at their June 11 meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Wall Street Journal <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/chinas-economic-officials-temper-climate-efforts-11623241401?mod=hp_lead_pos10\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a><span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p><i><span>China\u2019s top economic planners have put the brakes on attempts by environmental officials to reduce carbon emissions as driving growth takes priority over meeting climate targets for now, according to people familiar with the matter.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Officials at China\u2019s main economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, have limited the initial scope of a national carbon-trading system, which is set to go into full operation later this month after pilot projects in eight Chinese cities.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The economic planning office has also gained the upper hand in negotiations over drafting a detailed road map to fulfill leader Xi Jinping\u2019s pledges to achieve a peak in carbon-dioxide emission before 2030 and net zero emissions by 2060, the people said.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>China alone is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/resources\/each-countrys-share-co2-emissions\"><span>responsible<\/span><\/a><span> for 28% of the world\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions. Between 2008 and 2018 \u2014 a period of rapid economic growth for the nation of 1.4 billion people \u2014 its carbon dioxide emissions significantly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/election-us-2020-54719577\"><span>increased<\/span><\/a><span>. Over the same period, the United States\u2019 emissions trended slightly downward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the International Energy Agency, decreases in American emissions are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/articles\/global-co2-emissions-in-2019\"><span>attributable<\/span><\/a><span> to \u201chigher nuclear power output,\u201d \u201cfuel switching from coal to natural gas,\u201d and \u201cthe expanding role of renewable sources.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite China\u2019s most recent shift in policy, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry and China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua released a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/u-s-china-joint-statement-addressing-the-climate-crisis\/\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> in April vowing to jointly address climate change:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p><i><span>The United States and China are committed to cooperating with each other and with other countries to tackle the climate crisis, which must be addressed with the seriousness and urgency that it demands\u2026 Both countries recall their historic contribution to the development, adoption, signature, and entry into force of the Paris Agreement through their leadership and collaboration.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>As China continues to sidestep its climate goals to emphasize economic growth, the Biden administration has enacted policies that scale back energy development in the interest of curbing emissions \u2014 a move that leads to more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/national-average-gas-price-surges-to-highest-level-since-obama-era\"><span>expensive<\/span><\/a><span> fuel prices and unemployment in the energy sector. On Wednesday, for example, the Keystone XL Pipeline project \u2014 which President Biden killed via <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-protecting-public-health-and-environment-and-restoring-science-to-tackle-climate-crisis\/\"><span>executive order<\/span><\/a><span> on his first day in office \u2014 officially <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/keystone-pipeline-dead-killed-by-biden-thousands-of-jobs-lost\"><span>shuttered<\/span><\/a><span>, leading to thousands of lost jobs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China \u2014 the world\u2019s top producer of carbon emissions \u2014 is shirking climate goals to prioritize economic growth.The development comes as President Biden and other leaders of the G7 \u2014 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280028,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233370695.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"As Biden Pushes \u2018Climate Change\u2019 Efforts, China Walks Back Theirs To Ramp Up Growth","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233370695.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"As Biden Pushes \u2018Climate Change\u2019 Efforts, China Walks Back Theirs To Ramp Up Growth","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560889","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}