Commentary The Biden administration’s recent visit to China has highlighted Washington’s failure to fix the climate change problem. Most scientists say greenhouse gas emissions (GhGs) are causing irreversible global warming, and if we don’t make changes quickly, like burning less fossil fuel, then irreversible climate catastrophe will result. China is the world’s biggest emitter by far, but shows no interest in scaling back despite abject pleas from America’s climate czar, John Kerry. Joe Biden got elected promising to make the changes necessary to avoid that end. But he failed, and for two main reasons. First, his administration is encouraging OPEC countries to pump more oil, which will decrease its global price and increase consumption. More consumption results in more emissions. Second, President Biden is making unilateral climate concessions that decrease American production of oil, which will let Beijing off the hook. China emits about double the greenhouse gas of America. …
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