re: #143 Sol Berdinowitz

They simply claim the right to be as unaware and irresposible to the environment as we were back when we were a delevloping nation…

Developing nations see the developed nations’ insistence on environmental protection and sustainability as a subtle way to hold them back from “joining the club.” After all, the “First World” got to where we are now by ravaging the environment. the “Third World” figures why not do the same.