EE&PL's look at the news, featuring not so good news on carbon cuts, record low carbon emissions in Japan, illegal waste sites in north-east England and a call to overhaul chemicals policy in the US

摘要

Cuts in carbon emissions by developed countries since 1990 have been cancelled out many times over by increases in imported goods from developing countries such as China, according to the most comprehensive global figures ever compiled. Previous studies have shown the significance of "outsourced" emissions for specific countries, but the latest research, published on Monday, provides the first global view of how international trade altered national carbon footprints during the period of the Kyoto protocol.