"As the data show, China is now burning almost as much coal as the rest of the world — combined. And despite impressive support from Beijing for renewable energy and a dawning understanding about the dangers of air pollution, coal use in China is poised to continue rising, if slower than it has in recent years. That's deadly for the Chinese people — see the truly horrific air pollution in Beijing this past month — and it's dangerous for the rest of the world. Coal already accounts for 20% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, making it one of the biggest causes of man-made climate change. Combine that with the direct damage that air pollution from coal combustion does to human health, and there's a reason why some have called coal the enemy of the human race.
Read more: http://science.time.com/2013/01/29/th..."*
Is this the scariest environmental fact in the world? China is using an enormous amount of coal, rivaling the rest of the entire world combined in coal burning. They have the worsening, abysmal smog to show it too. What will happen if this keeps up, and if India burns as much coal as they're on track to? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more from Bryan Walsh/ Time:
http://science.time.com/2013/01/29/th...
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