The Future: six drivers of global change Part 146

Chris Buckley, "China Says Is World's Top Greenhouse Gas Emitter," Reuters, November 23, 2010.

336 China against dirty energy projects are growing

Keith Bradsher, "Budding Environmental Movement Finds Resonance Across China," New York Times, July 4, 2012.

337 gone up more than 150 percent, surpa.s.sing

Goldman Sachs, "Sustainable Growth in China: Spotlight on Energy," August 13, 2012, http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/topics/environment-and-energy/sustainable-growth-china.html.

338 70 percent of its energy from coal

"Coal Industry in China-Coal Accounts for About 70% of China's Total Energy," BusinessWire, December 14, 2011.

339 to a level three times that of U.S. coal consumption

Goldman Sachs, "Sustainable Growth in China: Spotlight on Energy," August 13, 2012, http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/topics/environment-and-energy/sustainable-growth-china.html.

340 two and a half times more than the U.S.

Osamu Tsukimori, "China Overtakes j.a.pan as World's Top Coal Importer," Reuters, January 26, 2012.

341 is equivalent to all of the U.S. annual consumption

Mikkal Herberg, New America Foundation, "China's Energy Rise and the Future of U.S.-China Energy Relations," June 21, 2011, http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/china_s_energy_rise_and_the_future_of_us_china_energy_relations.

342 though many experts are skeptical about their ability to stay within the cap

Susan Kraemer, "China to Simply Cap Coal Use Within 3 Years," Clean Technica, March 8, 2012, http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/08/china-to-simply-cap-coal-use-within-3-years/.

343 first decade of this century, and is now second only

Herberg, "China's Energy Rise and the Future of U.S.-China Energy Relations."

344 Saudi Arabia's oil exports to China

Ibid.

345 will import three quarters of its oil within the next two decades

U.S. Energy Information Agency, "Country a.n.a.lysis: China," September 4, 2012, http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=CH.

346 engagement with oil-rich countries in the Middle East and Africa

Ibid.

347 Chinese became the largest investor in Iraq's oilfields

Ibid.

348 energy consumption in China is only a fraction

Heather Billings and Sisi Wei, "China's Energy Grab," Was.h.i.+ngton Post, October 30, 2011.

349 per capita CO2 emissions are approaching those of Europe

Duncan Clark, "Average Chinese Person's Carbon Footprint Now Equals European's," Guardian, July 18, 2012.

350 letting all energy prices float further upward to global market levels

Keith Bradsher, "China Sharply Raises Energy Prices," New York Times, June 20, 2008.

351 lagging behind other leading global economies

Danielle Kurtzlaben, "China, European Countries Best U.S. on Energy Efficiency," U.S. News & World Report, July 12, 2012.