The
picture.

China has sped ahead of the US, as shown by this map, which
resizes each country according to CO2 emissions. And, for the first time, world
emissions have gone down.

US emissions are down for the second year in succession – after almost
uninterrupted year on year increases since these records began in 1980. The
decline has matched the country’s economic woes which have seen it only just
emerge from recession. Since 2000 the country’s CO2 emissions have fallen by
7.5%.

Only three years earlier, in 2006, China was in second place, and until recently
had been very close to US emissions. But from 2008 to 2009, rapid growth has
matched the country’s 9-10% growth in GDP. Since 2000 the country’s CO2
emissions have risen by 170.6%.

The Republicans'
answer.

Skeptics, the video trailer.