While Dubai Pillages The Earth's Resources, Abu Dhabi Builds The 1st Carbon Neutral/Zero Waste City

[Turborama]

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The United States is under a lot of pressure to lower its carbon emissions during the Copenhagen summit this week.

But the oil-rich Uniated Arab Emirates has an even worse environmental impact, relative to its population.

With little public transport, few recycling options, and almost all food and general goods flown into the region, the Gulf nation is under pressure to improve its environmental sustainability.

Dan Nolan reports from Dubai.

http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/all_publications/living_planet_report/">WWF's Living Planet Report

http://www.masdarcity.ae/en/index.aspx">Masdar in Abu Dhabi, the world's 1st carbon neutral/zero waste city, looks like a cool pilot project. It has the backing of WWF, too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masdar_City#Reaction">WWF and BioRegional have endorsed Masdar City as an official One Planet Living Community.

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[shadowknows69]

1. This is where the billionaires club is all going to move to

When the rest of the world is allowed to go to shit. I suspect they'll be putting up the wall, barbed wire and machine gun emplacements soon.