As the world hurtles towards environmental oblivion, China is leading the charge.
The country's CO2 emissions are more than double those of the US yet its GDP is just two-thirds as large.
China leads the world in solar and wind energy generation but it's building new coal-fired power plants even faster than renewables.
The country's lakes, rivers and aquifers are severely polluted.
Twenty percent of China's farmland has been declared too toxic to farm.
Yet this 'socialist' government still prior.
Pluto Press (uk) China's engine of environmental collapse, hardcover/richard smith
