Report: China Was Only Major Economic Power to Increase Pollution in 2020
Posted on AllSides March 5th, 2021
From The Right
Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickling noted Wednesday that while China makes all sorts of grandiose promises about reaching “net zero” carbon emissions by 2060, it was the only major economic power in the world that increased pollution in 2020.
That analysis came from a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) released Tuesday, which found energy demand and “global energy-related CO2 emissions” went down across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, “the largest annual percentage decline since World War II.”
“Demand for fossil fuels was hardest hit in 2020...
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