China. The word alone evokes images of smog, smoke, and sky high factories. It is certainly not a country known for its environmental awareness and green credentials. In fact, it only marginally trails the 'all-consuming' USA in the energy... ...full story at Independent
from Independent on Tue, Sep 23 2008
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