Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use - Carbon Brief
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China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis.
  • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    1 day ago

    Meanwhile, China continues it’s record breaking coal use and Eastern China is on track to beat its own 2025 record of generating more than 50% of the worlds global CFC-11 ozone depleting gasses. Hurray China!

      • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 day ago

        Lower only because it was taken away from them. Not really a win when it’s temporary, is it?

    • Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      The thing nobody wants to acknowledge and they are actively building more coal plants. ANYONE building coal plants for generating is a bad thing pretty much full stop.