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Environment & Energy

phantom power

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4. I know its been discussed before...

Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)

Thu May 17, 2012, 03:36 PM

May 2012

but I've begun to question how many of the environmental gains in America were "real", as opposed to "achieved by exporting our pollution to China and other developing countries." That is: maybe environmental activism is less effective because the "developing country" buffer is now full?

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