Why do you think China emits so many greenhouse gases?

Not much to it. China has around billion plus people that largely lived an agrarian lifestyle 50 years ago. read more

As for why China produces so much, it is simply because it has the largest population in the world. On a per capita (per person) basis, the US still is the largest greenhouse gas producer, but if you multiply per capita greenhouse gas production by population, China produces the most. read more

By 2015, China will emit nearly 50 percent more greenhouse gases than the United States, a top Chinese energy researcher said yesterday. Ye Qi, a professor of environmental policy at Tsinghua University and director of the Climate Policy Initiative, both in Beijing, said China has made enormous strides over the past five years in both reducing energy intensity and developing renewable energy capacity. read more

China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will announce a nationwide cap-and-trade program to limit carbon emissions, according to a White House statement provided to The New York Times. read more