As a Canadian, I wish my country was better about energy use per capita. In Alberta, a lot of that comes from coal too. China does pollute a lot, but per capita they are far from the worst

Looks like the central environment ministry is doing its job discovering and cracking down on these offenders.

Good.

Reminds me of story how "desert greening" was run in Hebei.

Trees were planted, counted by officials, and then uprooted and the same plants were replanted again the next day.

I think the West solved some of its pollution problems by outsourcing them to China...

Interesting point made in other threads is whether the trade war would reduce pollution.

There is, theoretically, an opportunity. As supply lines move away from China to other SE Asian countries, Western countries could make environmental standards a requirement for trade.

In new facilities, say in Vietnam, one could try to start with a blank slate. Since its new, prices likely would not rise much more than they would anyway.

But of course, Trump.

The EU is based on the free movement of goods, capital, and people. America has essentially open borders for the first 2 but not the third. I wonder if it had picked a different 2, what would've happened?