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#ClimateFacts: The Worst Polluter

Some people try to argue that the United States shouldn’t act on climate change because China and India aren’t doing their part. Here’s how you can respond to them.

Some people try to argue that the United States shouldn’t act on climate change because China and India aren’t doing their part. Here’s how you can respond to them.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: JOEL BACH and DREW MAGRATTEN
WRITER: JOEL BACH
SCRIPT EDITORS: MAGGIE BADORE, WILL CASCIATO, JOSH FUTTERSAK, DREW MAGRATTEN, MATT ROSENBAUM, and MICHELLE SANDERS
VIDEO EDITOR: ETHAN DAVID

SOURCES:
[i] NYTimes.com. The U.S. Is the Biggest Carbon Polluter in History. It Just Walked Away From the Paris Climate Deal. Jun 1 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2…
[ii] WRI.org. 6 Graphs Explain the World’s Top 10 Emitters. Nov 24 2014. http://www.wri.org/blog/2014/11/6-gra…
[iii] NYTimes.com. The U.S. Is the Biggest Carbon Polluter in History. It Just Walked Away From the Paris Climate Deal. Jun 1 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2…
[iv] IEA.org. World Energy Outlook 2017: China. Nov 14 2017. https://www.iea.org/weo/china/
[iva] IEA.org. India Energy Outlook. Sep 2015. https://www.iea.org/publications/free…
[ivb] EC.Europa.EU. Two years after Paris Progress towards meeting the EU’s climate commitments. Nov 2017. https://ec.europa.eu/clima/sites/clim…
[v] TheGuardian.com. China aims to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions through trading scheme. Dec 19 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/environme….
[vi] TheGuardian.com. India unveils climate change plan. Oct 2 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/world/201…
[via] EC.Europa.eu. Ministers approve EU ratification of Paris Agreement. Sep 30 2016. https://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/artic…
[vii] TheAtlantic.com. Trump Has Done More Than Pull Out of Paris. Jul 2 2018 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/a…

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