The Chinese regime has received widespread praise for its purported ability to make progress on climate change issues, but it actually pursues energy policies that benefit itself without regard for the environment. Meanwhile, the United States has failed to adopt energy policies that serve its best interests. That’s according to Marc Morano, executive director of ClimateDepot.com, a project of the Washington-based think tank Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. Morano described what he sees as a double standard whereby climate activists and political leaders welcome China into a global campaign for cleaner energy and sustainable economies, and are so gratified at Beijing’s nominal participation that they turn a blind eye to what is really going on. “China is given a complete pass on their human rights violations and their climate sins, if you will, all because people want China to be part of the process. And China is also relentlessly praised …