Re:Bill Gates: Why I Decided to Edit an Issue of TIME
by skybrian on Saturday January 06, 2018 @12:56PM
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On the other hand, by most measures, pollution in the US hit a low in the 60's and has greatly improved since then. It's even improved quite a bit since 1990 [1]. Even CO2 emissions are on the decline since 2008. (Not nearly enough, but still.)
In the Eastern US the low point for forest cover was in 1872 [2]. In the western US a major problem is too much ground cover resulting in worse forest fires. (Which is not to say that forests are healthy - the pine beetle epidemic is devastating.)
I'm not going to say things are great, but whether they're better or worse depends on where you look and what you compare against.
In the Eastern US the low point for forest cover was in 1872 [2]. In the western US a major problem is too much ground cover resulting in worse forest fires. (Which is not to say that forests are healthy - the pine beetle epidemic is devastating.)
I'm not going to say things are great, but whether they're better or worse depends on where you look and what you compare against.
[1] https://gispub.epa.gov/air/trendsreport/2017/#air_pollution
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_the_United_...