Europe Vs. America: Some Inconvenient Environmental Truths

02-02-10

In ecological terms, the United States is commonly thought to be a wastrel — big cars, big houses, long commutes, profligate habits. But could this be just a mirage not borne out by statistics? Peter Baldwin, author of "The Narcissism of Minor Differences," takes a closer look.

No doubt, common perceptions of the United States have combined with the previous administration's cozy relationship with the oil industry and its refusal to sign the Kyoto Protocol to paint the United States as an environmental black hole.

Source: www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx

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Category: Pollution, Residues and waste, USA, European Community