China power generation drops

China's strong growth in the last twenty years has been driven by cheap and plentiful coals supplies. Good news for growth, bad news for global warming. Dotearth reports that with the recession however,

China's carbon emissions will fall around 2 billion tons less carbon dioxide from 2008 to 2010 than it would have under “business as usual” if current recession continues.

To avoid going beyond 450 ppm we must stabilizing the world's (and China's) emissions by 2020. See more commentary and resume of the International Energy Authority's report on Climate Progress.