If Apple was really concerned about the environment…


	If Apple was really concerned about the environment…

amgumen

10-5-2009 8:33 PM

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10-6-2009 12:15 AM

lollipop10

that's like pea soup

10-6-2009 2:30 AM

merrie

China's poisoned air rose higher on the political agenda yesterday after reports that it forced the World Bank to censor a study for fear that one of its findings - that 750,000 people die of pollution-related illness each year - might stoke social unrest.

4 July 2007

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-suppressed-report-on-pollution-deaths-455834.html

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a2f8aa62-4d46-4107-b177-7c67297c4740/B2A59CAA-C5A7-4A31-8C20-6E8F6D58602A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://greenhellblog.com/2009/10/05/if-apple-was-really-concerned-about-the-environment/" href="http://greenhellblog.com/2009/10/05/if-apple-was-really-concerned-about-the-environment/" style="font-size: 11px;">greenhellblog.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.com/2009/10/05/if-apple-was-really-concerned-about-the-environment/"><P>… it would leave China, <A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/05/AR2009100502744.html" tooltip="linkalert-tip">not the U.S. Chamber of Commerce</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.com/2009/10/05/if-apple-was-really-concerned-about-the-environment/"><P>Apple told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in its resignation letter:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.com/2009/10/05/if-apple-was-really-concerned-about-the-environment/"><P>“Apple is committed to protecting the environment and the communities we operate in around the world. We strongly object to the Chamber’s recent comments opposing the EPA’s efforts to limit greenhouse gases. We would prefer the Chamber take a more progressive stance on this critical issue and play a constructive role in addressing the climate crisis. However, because the Chamber’s position differs so sharply with Apple’s, we have decided to resign our membership effective immediately.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.com/2009/10/05/if-apple-was-really-concerned-about-the-environment/"><P>So when will Apple pressure the Chinese government to adopt the Clean Air Act? Isn’t actual air pollution in China much worse than the invisible, if not debatable/mythical, problem of U.S. CO2 emissions? </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.com/2009/10/05/if-apple-was-really-concerned-about-the-environment/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/greenhellblog.com/img/F1E15736-D792-43ED-A6C6-801DB34C8389" alt="Air quality in Shenzhen, China where Apple makes iPhones." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.com/2009/10/05/if-apple-was-really-concerned-about-the-environment/"><P class="wp-caption-text">Air quality in Shenzhen, China where Apple makes iPhones.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.com/2009/10/05/if-apple-was-really-concerned-about-the-environment/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/greenhellblog.com/img/30096183-A80D-4D1F-92BF-2215F83242CD" alt="Air quality over Apple HQ in Cuppertino, CA, where the company counts its profits made from the pollution in Shenzhen, China." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://greenhellblog.com/2009/10/05/if-apple-was-really-concerned-about-the-environment/"><P class="wp-caption-text">Air quality over Apple HQ in Cuppertino, CA, where the company counts its profits made from the pollution in Shenzhen, China.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B2A59CAA-C5A7-4A31-8C20-6E8F6D58602A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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