{"id":939135,"date":"2021-10-29T20:28:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T00:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=939135"},"modified":"2021-10-29T20:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T00:28:38","slug":"china-pledges-to-increase-pollution-for-another-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-pledges-to-increase-pollution-for-another-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"China \u2018Pledges\u2019 to Increase Pollution for Another Decade"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fchina-pledges-to-increase-pollution-for-another-decade%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=939135&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--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Communist China\u2019s contribution to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, was an emissions \u201cpledge\u201d that proposed <\/span><span>increasing <\/span><span>China\u2019s pollution output over the next few years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chinese dictator Xi Jinping still claims his country will somehow reverse these trends in a very short period of time and become \u201ccarbon neutral\u201d before 2060.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>South China Morning Post<\/span><\/i> <span>(<em>SCMP<\/em>) on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3154134\/china-sends-modest-climate-pledge-glasgow-cop26?utm_source=rss_feed\">described<\/a> China\u2019s climate pledge as \u201cmodest\u201d and \u201cdisappointing\u201d to COP26 climate activists, who are pushing for \u201cnet zero\u201d worldwide by 2030.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>China, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/china-addicted-dirty-coal-humanitys-103900223.html#:~:text=China%20is%20the%20world&#039;s%20largest,every%20other%20industrialized%20nation%20combined.&amp;text=%E2%80%9CMy%20appeal%20to%20China%20is,will%20peak%20emissions%20before%202030.%E2%80%9D\"><span>world\u2019s largest polluter<\/span><\/a><span>, pumps out more greenhouse gas than all of the other industrialized nations combined. China is currently undergoing a severe energy crisis and last week <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/21\/climate-change-china-launches-all-out-coal-production-campaign\/\"><span>ordered<\/span><\/a><span> an \u201call-out\u201d increase in coal production to fuel its power plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>SCMP <\/span><\/i><span>reported China is trying to placate climate activists by building showpiece wind and solar energy projects \u2013 which is nonsensical as anything but theatrics, as solar panels and windmills do not magically absorb the emissions from coal-fired power plants \u2013 and stepping up reforestation projects, which do process carbon, but all of the trees in Asia would be very hard-pressed to devour all the gas China will produce as it burns record-breaking volumes of coal.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_15441402\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-800065540-e1610994556398.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15441402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-800065540-e1610994556398.jpg\" alt width=\"936\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chinese street vendors sell vegetables at a local market outside a state owned Coal fired power plant near the site of a large floating solar farm project under construction by the Sungrow Power Supply Company on a lake caused by a collapsed and flooded coal mine on June 13, 2017 in Huainan, Anhui province, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cChina\u2019s decision casts a shadow on the global climate effort. In light of the domestic economic uncertainties, the country appears hesitant to embrace stronger near-term targets, and this represents a missed opportunity to demonstrate ambition,\u201d Li Shuo of Greenpeace East Asia told the <\/span><i><span>SCMP.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe planet can\u2019t afford this being the last word. Beijing needs to come up with stronger implementation plans to ensure an emission peak before 2025,\u201d Li said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>World Resources Institute vice-president Helen Mountford gave China credit for pledging not to build any more coal plants beyond its borders \u2013 after <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/02\/03\/china-built-three-times-as-much-coal-power-in-2020-as-the-rest-of-the-world-combined\/\"><span>building<\/span><\/a><span> three times as many coal plants as the rest of the world last year \u2013 but said Beijing must do more to \u201crein in greenhouse gas emissions this decade.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>SCMP <\/span><\/i><span>noted that Xi decided not to attend the COP26 summit in Glasgow, so he will not have to face any of these criticisms in person. The climate change movement never stays angry with China for long, so it will surely find a way to excuse the latest disappointment from Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CNN<\/span><span> led the way on Friday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/10\/28\/world\/china-us-climate-cop26-intl-hnk\/index.html\">thundering<\/a> that America is still the big problem because its \u201chistorical emissions,\u201d dating back to the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution, are higher in total, even though China is currently generating well over twice as much carbon today.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cChina is the world\u2019s biggest user and producer of coal, consuming more than half the world\u2019s supply. That\u2019s in part because China produces so many products and materials for the world, which is why it\u2019s sometimes referred to as \u2018the world\u2019s factory,\u2019\u201d CNN added sympathetically, previewing another talking point that will likely be heard from Chinese officials.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communist China\u2019s contribution to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, was an emissions \u201cpledge\u201d that proposed increasing China\u2019s pollution output over the next few years. 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