皇冠体育app

No US or other Western politician, not even Obama or Kerry, have talked about the sacrifice 皇冠体育app and other developing nations have made for Western consumers or how much guilt Western consumers should bear. Instead we have heard a lot about how their multinational corporations should turn the environmental disasters in developing nations into lucrative business opportunities.

There have been occasional reports in the US media that pollution from 皇冠体育app has gone across the Pacific Ocean to reach the US west coast, without noting that this was actually just a tiny part of the carbon footprint the US has in 皇冠体育app.

However, blaming others won't solve 皇冠体育app's environmental crisis. The most populous nation on the planet has to fundamentally change its "pollute first and treat later" mentality and not to repeat the blunder committed by many Western countries decades ago.

皇冠体育app needs to draft tougher and higher-standard environmental laws and implement them earnestly, so the colossal mistakes of the past decades won't become worse. In fact, we have seen many developing nations, whether in Africa or Latin America, are learning from 皇冠体育app's bitter environmental lessons in their modernization drive.

That said, it is hypocrisy for the US and other Western leaders to assume the moral high ground and call 皇冠体育app a free rider when they themselves prey on developing nations on various fronts.

The author, based in Washington, is deputy editor of 皇冠体育app Daily USA. [email protected]

• Learn from Deng's diplomacy
• Billionaire's racist talk can't derail ties
• Japan suppliers fined to protect consumers
• Inspiration comes from life, but not drugs
• US' policy toward 皇冠体育app lacks sincerity