Editor's note: Jim Rogers is chief executive officer of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Duke Energy, which generates much of its power from coal-burning plants and is making investments in clean energy technology in China. Jonathan Lash is the president of the World Resources Institute. Ming Sung is Asia Pacific representative of the Clean Air Task Force. Jim Rogers, CEO of coal-burning Duke Energy, wants the U.S. to join with China against greenhouse gases. (CNN) -- There is a lot of rhetoric on Main Street and in our nation's Capitol these days portraying China as a job-stealing polluter whose economy is growing at the expense of the United States.
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Authors urge 80 percent less greenhouse gas by 2050
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They want big polluters U.S., China to cooperate
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Goal: Create path for Chinese participation in climate agreement, authors say
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They say Clean Air Task Force to build low-carbon coal technology in China
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China's 1.3 billion people and unmatched economies of scale can bring new technologies to market fast -- in "@placeholder time" -- at a speed that is virtually impossible anywhere else in the world.