Who is the biggest climate sinner? Not China, says the AP.

The Associated Press reported November 7 an interest group's findings that Saudi Arabia and the United States are the worst "climate sinners" for not taking drastic attempts to cut carbon emissions. But it accepted the group's "relatively positive" assertion that China's emission growth will slow in the future.

The news wire story picked up by USA Today reported that Saudi Arabia was the biggest sinner because its policies block attempts to curb greenhouse gases and the U.S. was second because it refuses to sign the Kyoto Treaty.

On November 19, medical advisors to the Australian Olympic team complained that the Chinese were reluctant to release air pollution test results, and that Beijing's smog has been flagged by many athletes hoping to compete in the 2008 Olympic games as a potential hindrance to their performance.

Where did China rank? 17th.

[forget the net improvements the US is consistently making on its emissions while Europe continues its increases - those don't count: they're not being achieved under the auspices of the world government...]

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