Last words - US consumption of natural resources and production of greenhouse gases - Brief Article

Sierra, July-August, 2002 by Paul Schell, Denis Hayes

"If the United States is leading the way, it's in the wrong detection. With less than 5 percent of the world's population, we produce almost a quarter of its greenhouse-gas emissions. We consume nearly a third of the world's electricity (mostly from coal) and 43 percent of its gasoline."

--Paul Schell and Denis Hayes, Seattle Times, December 29,1999