Glen Mills just forwarded this one:
Olympic nightmare: A red tide in the Yellow Sea
BEIJING: With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small boats to clean up an algae bloom that is choking large stretches of the coastline and threatening to impede the Olympic competition.
www.iht.com/.../china.php
Then there was this:
Olympics clean-up Chinese style: Inside Beijings shocking death camp for cats
Thousands of pet cats in Beijing are being abandoned by their owners and sent to die in secretive government pounds as China mounts an aggressive drive to clean up the capital in preparation for the Olympic Games.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Olympics-clean-Chinese-style-Inside-Beijings-shocking-death-camp-cats.html
This was early on, but it sounds like they will have as much as half the amount of cars on the road by banning all government workers from driving:
Olympians air a gripe about Beijing
March 12, 2008
Matt Reed was 1,500 meters into the last segment of the triathlon when he found himself gasping for oxygen. His legs were still pounding away at the pavement, his body pumped up after cruising through the swimming and cycling contests, but his lungs were shutting down.
The 32-year-old triathlete from Boulder, Colo., blames air pollution for triggering his asthma attack during the September track meet.
articles.latimes.com/.../fg-olyair12
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Are you kidding? China's air and water are far dirtier than in the US.
Probably referring to some other metric reported recently. Like carbon emissions per capita...basically if you cut several "pollution" metrics (as broad as that is) per capita, the US is still up there because we have 1/4 the people as China but not 1/4 the production in each metric (necessarily). On absolute terms, I think the broad "pollution" aka "bad stuff" output is probably more for China in several categories. I'm sure it varies, and anyone wanting to make a point for/against US/China environmental practices can find examples in any direction.
Are you kidding? China's air and water are far dirtier than in the US.
Probably referring to some other metric reported recently. Like carbon emissions per capita...basically if you cut several "pollution" metrics (as broad as that is) per capita, the US is still up there because we have 1/4 the people as China but not 1/4 the production in each metric (necessarily). On absolute terms, I think the broad "pollution" aka "bad stuff" output is probably more for China in several categories. I'm sure it varies, and anyone wanting to make a point for/against US/China environmental practices can find examples in any direction.
