{"id":1594,"date":"2014-11-14T07:22:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T12:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2014-11-14T07:22:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T12:22:06","slug":"are-the-us-and-chinas-climate-goals-realistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1594","title":{"rendered":"Are The US And China\u2019s Climate Goals Realistic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Energy-General\/Are-The-US-And-Chinas-Climate-Goals-Realistic.html\">Are The US And China\u2019s Climate Goals Realistic?<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">At first glance, the agreement between China and the United States to impose new limits on their greenhouse gas emissions looks like an effort for significant cooperation between two huge global rivals. But not everyone\u2019s convinced that their plan will address the problem adequately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">The leaders of both countries are under conflicting pressures at home on the matter. In China, President Xi Jinping is aware of the crucial role that coal has played in driving the country\u2019s economy, yet he\u2019s faced with the\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #24606c; text-decoration: underline; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/11\/13\/world\/asia\/climate-change-china-xi-jinping-obama-apec.html\">public furor<\/a>\u00a0over the amounts of toxic smog in key industrial centers.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #393939; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;\"><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #393939; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;\">In the United States, President Obama\u2019s environmentally progressive political base is demanding action to limit carbon dioxide emissions, but the Republican Party has just won elections that will give them control of both houses of Congress, and its leaders see any shift to renewable fuels as a\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #24606c; text-decoration: underline; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/nov\/12\/china-and-us-make-carbon-pledge\">threat to the country\u2019s economy<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are The US And China\u2019s Climate Goals Realistic?. At first glance, the agreement between China and the United States to impose new limits on their greenhouse gas emissions looks like an effort for significant cooperation between two huge global rivals. But not everyone\u2019s convinced that their plan will address the problem adequately. 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