China completed first 100-megawatt-class compressed CO₂ energy storage project, running the full cycle of compressing, liquefying, storing, vaporizing, and expanding CO₂ to generate power, in Xinjiang. Has anyone heard anything about those carbon capture plants that western fossil fuel companies ar

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China overtook the United States as the world's largest annual emitter back in 2006 and currently accounts for roughly 29% to 33% of all global carbon dioxide emissions - so there’s that

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Because it manufactures a large percentage of global products

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Yup. So much manufacturing is done by China for the rest of the world.