Posterity

In the West, we fundamentally misunderstand the role of pollution and the environment in China. We also don’t recognize the global injustice being conducted in the name of our prosperity in China. China has become the environmental sacrifice zone for the global economy. Toxic air and water are killing an estimated 710,000 to 760,000 Chinese each year. In China, they know the power of online media and the political fallout from the environmental injustice the Chinese people are facing from the global economy. Do we?

As the arctic melts, society responds by cutting emissions...helping adapt vulnerable societies...or wait a sec! We decide to get into saber-rattling over who gets the vast oil and gas reserves under the formerly unaccessible arctic. Great!