It makes sense that this could happen. After all, in the past 29 years, we've had Republican presidents for 22 of them. the GOP's chief goal is to send 100% of our manufacturing base overseas to 3rd World hellholes so that rich CEOs can get even richer while at the same time downgrading a factory worker's pay from $15/hr to $6.75/hr when he has to start being a Walmart drudge instead.

and, of course, the ascendency of Walmart is another huge factor in China's CO2 profile. the cheap plastic crap they dump into the Walmart stores are made in sweatshop factories that belch filth into the sky night and day.