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China Has Already Overtaken U.S. as Number One Polluter Says

redgreenandblue.org — Until now, it has been internationally believed that the United States ranks number one, worldwide, as the country with the highest greenhouse gas emissions. However, a new report, to be published by the Journal of Environment Economics and Management next month, claims that China has already overtaken the United States as the world’s “biggest poll

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  • TPorter72, on 09/08/2008, -0/+14 times the population therefor 4 times the pollution. And there still developing so there doing what we did 50 years ago. Kill the environment.
  • Brianne416, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1you make a good point. China has over 1.3 billion people and we only have around 300 million. that's a scary thought about how much pollution each American makes.
  • zedkitty, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1we are still the largest per capita, think of it...they are 3 times more numerous than we, do most of our dirty manufacturing and yet are only marginally worse than us for pollution....hummer anyone?

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