[Jakarta ex-pat]

There is a hidden gem in there, but noone has got to it yet.

[mattdono]

Well, why don't you just enlighten us, oh great Narcissistic one?!

[foolish-one]

Sounds to me like we're the example the rest of the world should be emulating, not condemning.

For any tree-uggers out there prepared to say "See! Is that how you want to leave the world for your grandchildren?", see "The Polulation Bomb" to see how the world should have looked in 1985.

[another cricket]

There is a hidden gem in there, but noone has got to it yet.

This perhaps?

2 billion people are at risk from malaria, and 2 million die a year

Listen you dodos that is because you won't let us use DDT to get rid of the problem. These deaths are directly on your hands.

a.cricket

[Interesting Times]

There is a hidden gem in there, but noone has got to it yet.

"In richer countries water and air pollution is down, species have been restored to the wild, and forests are increasing in size."

Richer countries == the greedy capitalist countries that the UN and the Guardian deplore.

The solution is right under their noses -- among the myriad benefits of capitalism is the ability to make improvements in the environment.