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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (314065)12/8/2006 4:53:19 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1575180
 
It won't be long before China overtakes America as the leading producer of CO2 emissions. Watch as China then gives the rest of the world the middle finger ... and gets away with it.

I don't think so:

Pollution costs equal 10% of China's GDP

China's pollution problems are costing the country more than US$200 billion a year, a top official said yesterday as he called for stronger action to balance environmental protection against economic development.

Environmental damage is costing the government roughly 10 percent of the country's gross domestic product, estimated Zhu Guangyao, deputy chief of the State Environmental Protection Agency. China's GDP for 2005 was US$2.26 trillion.

Despite the efforts of half a million environmental officials in his agency and other organizations, China's environmental picture is worsening and "allows for no optimism," he said as he issued a report that described the situation as "grave."

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chinadaily.com.cn
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