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US coal ‘biggest contributor by far’ to rise in global emissions
www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/us-coal-biggest-contributor-by-far-to-rise-in-global-emissions/
Replying to @Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
From the article: “Make no mistake: China is still by far the biggest CO2 emitter in the world” in absolute terms, Law stressed.
Replying to @How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world
It’s also the biggest country in the world by population, by far. That’s not really indicative of anything. China is also decarbonizing at an absolutely incredible rate, whereas the US are basically doing everything they can to increase their emissions.
Replying to @Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
. You’re right. If you look at the China line on the graph it IS starting to turn around.
Replying to @How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world
What’s the last year in this data set?
Replying to @LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
Figure 5a from the 2025 report here essd.copernicus.org/…/essd-18-3211-2026.html#gid=…
The last data point is 2024 and 2025 is a projection
Thanks. I guess we’ll have to wait for more data to come out to see if the end is a blip or a real change.
With the growing demand of data centers it kinda feels like it will continue to increase.