so I gave you a better list.
Yes, the White House talked about China too; but not actually India - that was in the question put to them, but not explicitly in the answer:
Wendell.
Q You have cited substantial U.S. advances in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but what good is that if you don’t get reductions from China and India?
MR. CARNEY: Well, I guess two answers to that question. It’s no good at all if you don’t believe that climate change is real, so that’s where you have to start. But on the second point, it is absolutely essential that nations that produce high levels of carbon emissions be responsible in addressing this challenge. And that is something that we as a nation, at the level of President and below that level, discuss regularly with the Chinese and other nations that are producing increasing amounts of carbon emissions. Because your point is well taken that this has to be something that we address together with other nations around the world, and that’s the approach we’ve taken.
It still is additionally very valuable to our national security interests to reduce our dependence on imports of energy. It is absolutely in our national security interests and energy interests to diversify our sources of energy. And that is why, as I noted earlier, approaching this as a whole as opposed to addressing each piece of it is essential to improving both our preparation for the impacts of climate change and enhancing our capacity to actually mitigate the damage that climate change can cause.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/06/daily-press-briefing-press-secretary-jay-carney-050614'Wendell' is, I suspect, Wendell Goler, the
Fox News senior White House correspondent. You might want to think if you're happy with using the same spin that Fox News does. India's current emissions are 5.7% of world total. If they 'do nothing', they won't be a major problem. If they were to industrialize heavily, they could become a problem.
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