> I think this paper covers it: > > Hajime Akimoto, Toshimasa Ohara, Jun-ichi Kurokawa, and Nobuhiro Horii, > Verification of energy consumption in China during 1996?2003 by using > satellite observational data, Atmospheric Environment, 40(40), > 7663-7667, 2006. > > James
That fits everything I've read. A summary here: http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=17963 "... In November [2006], the International Energy Agency projected that China will become the world's largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in 2009, overtaking the United States nearly a decade earlier than previously anticipated. Coal is expected to be responsible for three-quarters of that carbon dioxide...." http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=5058 "Some scientists have estimated that 30% or more of the mercury settling into America's ecosystems comes from abroad - China, in particular. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
