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China Just Got Serious About Global Warming. Now We're Really Out of Excuses. [View all]
http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/china-climate-change-carbon-marketThe world's biggest polluter will set up a carbon market as early as 2016. Here's why that matters.
—James West on Thu. September 4, 2014 6:10 AM PDT
Over the weekend, China announced it was moving forward with plans for a massive, nationwide cap-and-trade program intended to help combat global warming. Here's why China is doing this now, and what we know about the plan so far.
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