In a surprising move, the Chinese government announced on Thursday, March 29, that next month it will begin discussing a system to cut carbon dioxide emissions. On April 24, the government will release its plan, which will include an assessment of emissions, something which could take three years to finish. China will soon surpass the United States as the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter. This news may make Congressional Republicans more willing to work on cap-and-trade legislation, as one of their chief arguments against such as system has been that U.S. action to reduce emissions would be undermined by China's lack of a comparable program.
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