China's carbon emissions overestimated by up to 14 per cent in the last decade, say scientists

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THE CARBON dioxide emissions of China - the world's biggest polluter -have been significantly overestimated by as much as 14 per cent for the past decade, scientists have found. A reappraisal of the type of "dirty" coal used in Chinese power stations and the amount of energy it has generated has revealed that previous calculations of the nation's carbon dioxide emissions were considerably inflated, reports The Independent.