Reading the article, it's interesting that it doesn't seem to match up well with the Economist article from last year: http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21

Reading the article, it's interesting that it doesn't seem to match up well with the Economist article from last year: http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21583245-china-worlds-worst-polluter-largest-investor-green-energy-its-rise-will-have http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21583245-china-worlds... TheEconomist seems to show CO2 (and coal consumption) tripling and rising steadily over a period where the article shows it slowing down in 2007-11. I don't know which is correct, but now I don't particularly trust either of these.