On the Hill

摘要

The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) recently released a report warning that China and India's increasing demands for oil and gas will radically alter the environment and global energy market within a generation. The two countries are expected to more than double their energy use by 2030. Threats to energy security and expectations of climate change-including a 57 percent growth in carbon dioxide emissions-have catalyzed talk of creating tighter industiy and manufacturing legislation. IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka warned that global governmental policy changes should be imminent, considering China is already expected to overtake the U.S. as leading carbon dioxide emitter by year's end.