On the outskirts of Phnom Penh once stood a smoldering testament to mankind’s assault on the Earth. Stung Meanchey was the largest waste disposal site in Cambodia, the size of 76 football fields. Scavengers sifted through 900 tons of new waste delivered each day, amid bursts of noxious smoke, looking for recyclables to resell.
For much of the past year, the U.N. climate talks in Paris were viewed as something of a global party. Finally, after years of failed negotiations, world leaders had some signs of progress they could point to that showed they were finally taking the issue of climate change seriously. Thousands of environmental activists planned to travel to the French capital to remind the 190 participating countries of how much further they had to go to reach a truly historic agreement. Al Gore’s plan to throw... Читать дальше...
