china - worlds worst polluter?

Question

why don't more people talk about the pollution in china.
The US is dream land compared to china



60% of Chinese cities have serious air pollution problems.
that is SERIOUS PROBLEMS!


Experts also say that more than three-quarters of the water flowing through China's cities is unsuitable for drinking because of pollution from industrial waste

Indonesia is now suffering the fastest rate of deforestation in the world, losing a wooded area the size of Switzerland every year.

Scores of rivers have dried up and water tables are getting ever lower.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4272577.stm

reageer is an idiot.

The United States ranked 45th of the 146 countries studied

Answer 1

China is an environmental disaster, especially when they dam the Yangtze River. It's the third largest river in the world, so altering its flow is going to dramatically impact the environment.

The project will cause devastating environmental damage,
increasing the risk of earthquakes and landslides. It will also
threaten the riverþs wildlife. In addition to massive fish
species, it will also affect endangered species, including the
Yangtze dolphin, the Chinese Sturgeon, the Chinese Tiger, the
Chinese Alligator, the Siberian Crane, and the Giant Panda.
Moreover, silt trapped behind the dam will not only deprive
downstream regions, but also will impede power generation from the back-up. Construction of the dam would require extensive logging in the area. Finally, the dam and the reservoir will destroy some of Chinaþs finest scenery and an important source of tourism revenue.

Answer 2

Being the second worst pollutor does not make a nation a 'dream land'.

Americans pollute more PER CAPITA than any other in the world.. (and the reason why they refuse to ratify international treaties that other developed and civilized nations have ratified (mostly europe) is because being irresponsible on long term, is more economically beneficial on short term.

Besides, half the waste produced in america or by american companies, ends up in china or india or other countries where people die from that pollution.

Answer 3

I don't know, but it is very polluted. So is Russia and many of the former Soviet republics. Compared to those places the US is squeaky clean. Part of the reason it is so clean is all the people who think the US is dirtier than it really is applying political pressure for stricter pollution controls. So if I have to suffer from eco-fanatics who chain themselves to trees and stuff, I guess that is better than living in the polluted mess of Russia or China.

Answer 4

One crucial factor is that a lot of Chinese pollution is a local factor affecting the Chinese. When it comes to pollution exported worldwide in the form of release of greenhouse gases the US is by far the world's biggest delinquent.

Answer 5

why do not conservative environmentalists pass after them? Why you gotta be attacking liberals like that? why do not you say "why do not environmentalists pass after China and India?" Are you affirming conservatives favor to pollute and liberals attempt to stop them? anyhow, to get on your question, i trust they do. yet heavily, what are you gonna be able to get executed in a communist us of a the position you ought to be killed for talking against the authorities run marketplace? And what are you gonna do in India the position you have not any voice or skill except you've funds? the purely thanks to placed rigidity on those international places is via global guidelines. Even then, it is hard to implement it. pass boost up,do your analyze, and use some hardship-free experience beforehand you commence call calling.

Answer 6

Let me show you the rivers in up state,NY,Lakes 100's of miles long all polluted.Not the people, its from big businesses.Ever sense the Industrial revolution here.GE has dump PCB's and Myrex into the Hudson river and have sense dragged there feet to clean up their pollution.Its all about big business and the politicians who make the laws to protect them,because they are all bought and payed for,from big business.

Answer 7

If China (does not matter who) is the worst polluters, are they also used by American companies to manufacture products?
If they are forced (or anybody) to clean up, then it would cost more for them to product, thereby the America companies will make LESS profit. That's the way the merry go around and around.

Answer 8

But the USA is technologically, and economically capable of doing much more to clean up the environment than most countries.

Answer 9

check out the water tables in texas, did you know the columbia river doesnt even reach the pacific anymore? We are all guilty.

Answer 10

it is because the US is an easy target. We get blamed for everything in the world and are bitched at if we actually try to change things. It will not change.