From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.

The Biden administration has made a big deal about their new commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement,

marrying it with trillions in climate spending and regulatory proposals in the American Jobs Plan.

It was one of his first acts as president.

Joe Biden is already following through on his pledge to fight climate change,

issuing an executive order rejoining the Paris climate agreement.

President Biden signed an executive order to bring the U.S. back to what he says is, quote,

the number one issue facing humanity. attempt was to make sure that the world

could see there was a consensus that we are an inflection point in history the consensus consensus

is if we act to save the planet we can create millions of jobs and economic growth and opportunity

to raise the standard of living almost everyone around the world.

Under the agreement, the United States is committing to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions

by at least 50% by 2030 to keep global temperatures from rising

2 degrees Celsius.

But heritage expert Katie Tubb says that while the United States is spending trillions,

China is in the background popping all of the party balloons.

Here are some trends in China that Americans should know.

China emitted more carbon dioxide than any country in 2019, nearly doubling that of the United States.

China now ranks number one globally for consumption and production of coal,

second for oil consumption, and third for natural gas consumption. In fact, in 2020,

China's coal fleet grew by 30 gigawatts, while global capacity fell.

They are one of the largest coal producers in the world. They're also one of the largest coal producers in the world.

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