China bests Canada in tackling climate change, Strong says - The Globe and Mail
China is outpacing Canada in determination to tackle climate change and rein in greenhouse gas emissions, says Maurice Strong, a long-time environmentalist and secretary-general of the first global Earth Summit 20 years ago.
Mr. Strong – who lives in both Toronto and Beijing – is in Ottawa this week for a conference on Canada’s role in the green economy as countries prepare to convene next month in Rio de Janeiro for a global summit known as Rio+20.
China’s ‘carbon constraint’: China Taps US Coal | JunkScience.com
China’s coal imports from the United States are rising despite record production of the country’s main fuel, experts say.
Although its coal output more than doubled in the past decade to over 3.5 billion tons, China has also become the world’s biggest coal buyer with imports of 182.4 million tons last year.
List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
China 8,240,958... Canada 518,475
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