Carbon

...forests causes significant carbon emissions, as does as agriculture. China has overtaken the US as the largest carbon polluter, but US emissions per person are much higher. How much is produced? About 26bn tons of carbon dioxide every...

In this article: Fossil fuel, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, Kyoto, US, Coal, Recession, China, and Copenhagen

...systems. Without greater energy efficiency, China could bankrupt itself as it keeps growing hence President Hu's pledge at the United Nations in September that the country would improve its carbon intensity over the coming years. "They...

In this article: China, United States, Climate change, Global warming, Coal, Beijing, Hu Jintao, Barack Obama, and Copenhagen

...US citizen emits 19.9 tonnes of CO2 a year; the average UK citizen emits 9.3 tonnes. China emits the most carbon emissions, 21.5 per cent of the total. The top 10 countries in the world emit 67.2 per cent of the world's total The UK has...

In this article: Copenhagen, Carbon dioxide, Climate change, Tropical deforestation, Global warming, UK, US, and China

...developing economies such as Brazil have unveiled mitigation policies. China, meanwhile, has talked of a significant reduction in the carbon intensity of its industry, and Tuesday's joint statement indicates it might enshrine that in an...

In this article: Barack Obama, Copenhagen, Climate change, United States, Hu Jintao, Beijing, Environmental Protection Agency, and China

...say will put entire species at risk if unchecked. China has overtaken the United States as the world's most prolific carbon emitter and India by most measures ranks fourth. Both nations appear eager not to be labelled the spoilers in...

In this article: Barack Obama, China, Climate change, India, United States, Copenhagen, Orville Schell, Hillary Clinton, and United Nations

...is the issue we were just discussing of climate change. The United States and China are the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, of carbon that is causing the planet to warm. Now, the United States, as a highly developed country,...

In this article: People's Republic of China, United States, Barack Obama, Shanghai, Jon Huntsman, Climate change, Nobel Prize, Taiwan, and Chicago

Because the U.S. and China rely heavily on coal for power generation, policy makers say that carbon capture and storage at coal plants is an important technology for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. The U.S....

In this article: Coal, General Electric, China, CNET, Carbon dioxide, Shenhua Group, and Microsoft

...Kevin Rudd told reporters after the meeting with Rasmussen. It was not clear if China, now the world's biggest carbons emitter, had backed the two-stage proposal in Singapore. Chinese President Hu Jintao instead focused his remarks at the...

In this article: Copenhagen, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Thomson Reuters, Singapore, Small business, Climate change, Kyoto Protocol, and Global warming