Rapid increases in the deployment of solar and wind power generation – which grew by 46% and 11% respectively in the third quarter of this year – meant China’s energy sector emissions remained flat, even as the demand for electricity increased.

Despite the delusions of some here on OLO, one of the world's big polluters is taking carbon dioxide emissions seriously.

Evidence?

But if flat emissions is proof that they are "taking carbon dioxide emissions seriously" then the USA must be the serious-est nation on earth given that their emissions have fallen by 30% in the past two decades despite and increasing population and massively increasing national production.

mhaze states: "then the USA must be the seriousest nation on earth."

Who knows - maybe they are or were. That might not be the case if the current president continues to have his way with renewables.

The biggest cuts to U.S. emissions has been associated with electricity produced by burning coal. Down from 2016 TWh in 2007 to 675 TWh in 2023.

This has been the result of the use of both natural gas and renewables.

In most of the Great Plains states renewables now account for at least 30% of their power. This bodes well for the future as most coal production on federal land is west of the Mississippi River and coal production peaked in 2008.