As I have pointed out repeatedly, the push by the true believers in global warming is focused on Western Governments. They have an international ally, so to speak, in the government of China which happily jumps on the blame the West bandwagon while merrily asserting its right to equal per capita emissions. The problem being that there are a hell of a lot of 'capitas' in China.
Somehow, that just gets brushed aside in the rush to condemn the US, though. Even as China merrily exceeds its own internal controls, such as they are.
Two key pollution indicators rose by more than one percent, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) reported, according to Xinhua news agency reported Monday.
Sulphur dioxide emissions increased by nearly 463,000 tonnes, or 1.8 percent, compared to 2005, the environmental watchdog said.
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), an index measuring water pollution, was up 173,000 tonnes, or 1.2 percent from the previous year.
Air and water pollutants were to be reduced by two percent in 2006 as part of the government's five-year plan to curb pollution emissions by 10 percent between 2006-2010.
Fan Yansheng, director of the pollution control department at SEPA, told Xinhua that the failure to meet the target was caused by economic growth.
And that economic growth will accelerate if the West's economies are crippled in a rush to address the issue of global warming. All the current proposals will do is force the pollution and carbon emissions away from the West, where China will happily pick them up (along with the economic boom) and run with them.
