> "23 Chinese cities - among them Shanghai, Beijing and Handan - along with Moscow and Tokyo accounted for 52% of the total [greenhouse gas emissions]"
but admits that
> "In per capita terms, however, emissions from cities in the richest parts of the world are still generally higher than those from urban centres in developing countries..."
not only could you draw the mistaken conclusion that cities are pollution machines, but that china is the problem child, a double-whammy of subtle sensationalism.
the west, and the US in particular, should be leading the fight against pollution, not just because it's the right thing to do for ourselves and future generations, but also because it's a geopolitical and economic lever. instead, our collective complacency and greed drives us to subtly blame developing countries stiving for parity with the west, rather than tackling the problem with economic might and wild abandon. instead it's another notch in the belt for capital misallocation.