China Has Been Dramatically Underreporting Coal Consumption

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The fact that China has been burning more coal could mean they'll start to curb their emissions sooner. L.F/Shutterstock

It’s being reported how China, currently the world’s largest consumer of coal, has actually been dramatically underreporting how much of the fossil fuel it has been burning. Official data released by the government shows that since 2000, the country has been burning up to 17 percent more coal each year than previously declared, equivalent to (the CO2 that) what the entire German economy emits in a year from fossil fuels.