Daphne Wysham, Center for Sustainable Economy. The deal brokered between China and the U.S. on
greenhouse gas emissions is significant but only because our
expectations are so low. The three primary flaws in this agreement: 1)
It kicks the can down the road to 2030, when climate science tells us
China must peak its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020; 2) The U.S. can
continue to export the equivalent of five times the carbon contained in
the Keystone XL pipeline annually in new, heavily subsidized coal, oil
and gas shipments without taking responsibility for these greenhouse gas
emissions; and 3) China's plan to expand its fleet of nuclear power
plants is a dangerous and expensive response to the climate crisis,
ignoring the lessons of Fukushima."
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