China’s growth is no figleaf for the real source of CO2 emissions: the UK
A worker rides past coal-fueled cooling towers at a power plant in Guangan Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP
Whenever a government or a corporation doesn’t want to do something, it blames China. You want fair terms of trade? Sorry, not when China’s dumping its goods on the world market. You want a 40-hour week? Forget it, the Chinese are working a 40-hour day.
Source: Guardian UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot
