Monday, July 12, 2021

China a Major Polluter

The Hill reports on the urban sources of greenhouse carbon gases.

Just 25 cities comprise more than half of greenhouse gas emissions from a sample of 167 urban centers, according to research published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Cities.

The researchers found that 25 cities accounted for 52 percent of the sample’s emissions. All but three of the 25 — Moscow, Istanbul and Tokyo — were located in China, including major cities such as Shanghai and Beijing.

Twenty-two of the world's 25 most polluting cities are in China. Will our tree-hugging greens boycott Chinese goods and picket the Chinese embassy? Unlikely, that's much too logical.