Jottings from the Granite Studio

Peter Ford reports in the Christian Science Monitor on China’s expanding carbon footprint. This week the International Energy Agency dramatically announced that China would pass the United States in total carbon emissions by end of this year. China’s response? We’re a developing country and should be allowed to continue, unchanged, our policy of “industrialize now, clean up later.” Let’s ask the families who lived along Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY to see how well this strategy worked out for them. Wu Ming at Surf Putah also offers his usual insightful commentary on China’s pollution situation including the important point that we in the United States have benefited greatly by exporting our industry (and our pollution) overseas.