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A Green Leap Forward?

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May 10, 2007
Natalie Hudson Utne.com 
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Against the backdrop of the Chinese government's massive -- and sometimes suspect -- environmental reforms, Hvistendahl writes of a grassroots environmental movement that has begun to spread environmental awareness to the country's more than 1.2 billion people. If the movement succeeds(and that's a big if), 'the country could effectively leapfrog over the West in developing sustainable energy and growth.' If they fail, according to Hvistendahl 'the implications for the rest of the world could be grave.'

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