Anonymous ID: 000000 May 7, 2021, 8:42 a.m. No.13605677   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5686 >>5705 >>5819 >>5838 >>6033 >>6151 >>6243 >>6325

So…what problem is your Green New Deal going to fix?

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-emits-more-greenhouse-gas-than-developed-countries-combined-report_3806400.html

 

China Emits More Greenhouse Gas Than Developed Countries Combined: Report

BY FRANK FANG May 7, 2021 Updated: May 7, 2021biggersmaller Print

China emitted more greenhouse gases (GHG) than the United States and all other developed countries combined in 2019, according to a report published on May 6 by New York-based research firm Rhodium Group.

 

The report found that China alone was responsible for over 27 percent of total global emissions, with the United States being a distant second at 11 percent. India was ranked third with 6.6 percent, followed by the 27-country bloc of the European Union at 6.4 percent.

 

China’s emission reached nearly 14.1 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2019, more than triple 1990 levels and a 25 percent increase over the past decade, according to the report. Global emissions in 2019 topped 52 gigatons.

 

Additionally, China’s per capita emission reached 10.1 tons in 2019, which increased nearly three times over the past two decades, according to the report. The figure was slightly lower than the 10.5 tons per capita average found across the 37 nations making up the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

 

“While final global data for 2020 is not yet available, we expect China’s per capita emissions exceeded the OECD average in 2020, as China’s net GHG emissions grew around 1.7% while emissions from almost all other nations declined sharply in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the report stated.

 

China is the world’s largest coal producer and user. According to data from San Francisco-based NGO Global Energy Monitor, there were 1,082 coal-fired power stations operating in China as of January this year. Moreover, China is building 92 more stations and 135 are in the pre-construction phase.

 

Meanwhile, Beijing has also been financing fossil projects at countries that have signed up to China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI, also known as “One Belt, One Road”). According to the New York-based nonprofit Council of Foreign Relations, China was involved in 240 coal plants in these countries in 2016.

 

“BRI’s fossil fuel investments will make combating climate change more difficult,” the nonprofit concluded.

 

Beijing has locked BRI countries into a “coal-consuming energy future,” the AFP reported in December last year, with ongoing Chinese coal projects in countries including Zimbabwe and Pakistan.

 

BRI is an investment initiative Beijing rolled out in 2013 to build up trade routes linking China and other parts of the world.

 

In response to the Rhodium Group’s report, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) took to Twitter to warn about working with Beijing on climate change.

 

“Communist China is the world’s worst polluter & we can’t trust it will do anything to change course,” Scott wrote.

 

He added: “Addressing our changing climate requires real solutions, but we can’t pretend toothless agreements with mega-polluters like Communist China will do anything to advance that work.”

 

China and the United States pledged to cooperate on fighting climate change following a trip to China by U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry in April. Kerry’s trip was criticized by several Republican lawmakers, including Scott, saying it was a fruitless endeavor.

 

Days after Kerry’s trip, Chinese leader Xi Jinping took part in a U.S.-led climate summit on April 22, during which he said that China would “strictly limit” its coal consumptions from 2021 to 2025, and phase it down in the following five years. Xi also reiterated his previous pledge in September last year about China becoming carbon neutral by 2060.

 

Kerry recently drew more criticism from several Republican lawmakers over his remark in an interview with Foreign Policy.

 

“We have differences on economic rules, on cyber. We have other differences on human rights, geostrategic interests, but those differences do not have to get in the way of something that is as critical as dealing with climate,” Kerry told Foreign Policy.

 

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the New York Post that Kerry should “reconsider his priorities.”

 

In January, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has committed genocide and “crimes against humanity” against Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang.

 

“Communist China is committing genocide—forcing millions of #Uyghur Muslims into labor camps, subjecting many to crimes against humanity. The U.S. can’t turn a blind eye and brush off these abuses,” Pfluger wrote.

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Anonymous ID: 000000 May 7, 2021, 8:56 a.m. No.13605751   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5819 >>5838 >>6033 >>6052 >>6151 >>6243 >>6325

Duterte, don't take the Chyna Vax

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/philippine-president-regrets-taking-unapproved-sinopharm-vaccine-requests-china-withdraw-doses_3805319.html

 

Philippine President Apologises for Taking Unapproved Sinopharm Jab, Requests China Withdraw Doses

BY FRANK YUE May 6, 2021 Updated: May 7, 2021biggersmaller Print

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Filipinos not to follow his example and get the China-made Sinopharm vaccine which has not yet been approved by the country’s health regulator for use against the CCP virus.

 

Duterte, who was able to get the Sinopharm jab via a compassionate use permit despite the drug not yet being approved, has since asked the Chinese embassy to return 1,000 unused doses that were donated by Beijing.

 

Following criticism, Duterte told Filipinos, “Don’t follow my steps.”

 

“It’s dangerous because there are no studies, it might not be good for the body. Just let me be the sole person to receive it.”

 

Both the president and his security personnel sparked wide criticism after receiving China-made vaccines against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

 

“Let’s just pull them out (of the country), so that there’s no issue,” Duterte said of the Sinopharm doses still in the country.

 

The 76-year-old leader at first defended his actions, according to local media Rappler, saying it was a “personal request.”

 

“What was injected in me, it’s the decision of my doctor and all things said, this is my life,” the controversial leader said, before accepting the criticism levelled at him.

 

“We are sorry for the things you are criticizing us for, we accept responsibility,” he said. “We are sorry, you are right, we are wrong.”

 

The Philippines is one of the hardest-hit countries in southeast Asia, with a total of more than 1 million infections and more than 16,000 deaths, according to ABS-CBN News.

 

Duterte mentioned that China should only send Sinovac jabs in future, which have been approved by relevant Philippine authorities.

 

The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) believes that Sinovac shots are effective in preventing COVID-19 infections in adults (18-59), but there is no data available regarding the risk of serious adverse effects, according to Reuters. In the case of Sinopharm jabs, the group shows “very low confidence” in them about the same risk on certain patients.

 

The efficacy of China-made vaccines has been questioned since their trial data lacks transparency. The CCP’s cover-up of domestic vaccine-related deaths has also heightened public concern.

 

A Chinese netizen with the username Shan Xia Hua Yi Zi revealed that her 28-year-old brother, a border police officer in Shenzhen city in China’s southern Guangdong province, died on April 15 after taking two Sinopharm shots respectively on Jan. 11 and Feb. 8, according to NTD, an affiliate of The Epoch Times.

 

After she posted online about her brother’s death online, she received a call from her brother’s employer and the local Futian Health Authority who warned her against the negative impact her posts might create. She then found her posts had been deleted without notice.

 

In Hong Kong, similar death reports were published in local media outlets. On April 26, the Hong Kong Department of Health reported that a 63-year-old male doctor died 10 days after receiving his second dose of the Sinovac vaccine.

 

As of April 26, data showed there had been 24 death cases after getting vaccinated in Hong Kong, 20 of whom had been inoculated with Sinovac jabs, though no evidence suggests a link between their deaths and the vaccine, Apple Daily reported.

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