Good to see people not get the gist of the post and turn on Canada like ravenous wolves. China is polluting on a scale never seen before with no environmental oversight at all. If there is any it is just a piece of paper that is shown to jet-set environmentalists whenever they come. So I will make it much easier for those that missed the point: Just think what Canada with it's various problems would look like if the Chinese government was in charge.
The post about those natives in the back country that are suffering from industrial pollution....sure would like to see evidence of that.
Also....
It is easier for Europeans to put up giant fans and look down their collective noses at us North American rubes than to truly make a difference.
Despite Europe's boom in solar and wind energy, CO2 emissions haven't been reduced by even a single gram. Now, even the Green Party is taking a new look at the issue -- as shown in e-mails obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE.