See also: https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0728/US-curbs-dirty-coal-at-home-sends-it-overseas-instead https://www.csmonitor.com/Env

See also: https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0728/US-curbs-dirty-coal-at-home-sends-it-overseas-instead https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Latest-News-Wires/2014... > "This fossil fuel trade, which has soared under President Barack Obama, threatens to undermine his strategy to reduce the gases blamed for global warming. It also reveals a little-discussed side effect of countries acting alone on a global issue. As the U.S. tries to set a global example by reducing demand for fossil fuels at home, American energy companies are sending more dirty fuels than ever to other parts of the world, exports worth billions of dollars every year." Ultimately, there would have to be something like steep tariffs or an outright ban on the international fossil fuel trade, which is pretty hard to imagine in today's economy. The two-faced posturing of certain politicians on this issue is kind of irritating, and is not any different in substance from the outright denialism promoted by other politicians.