China’s Ecological Footprint Unsustainable – We’d Still Need 1.2 Planets if Everyone Had It

photo: tinabasgen / Creative Commons China has been the world’s foremost carbon emitter for over a year now–with per capita emissions now higher than those of France–and this summer overtook the US to become the world’s largest energy consumer as well. Now, according to new analysis by WWF , China can also check itself off on another eco-black list: If everyone on the planet consumed natural resources like the average Chine… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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China’s Ecological Footprint Unsustainable – We’d Still Need 1.2 Planets if Everyone Had It

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