Will China clean up the U.S.'s mess?

Somebody has to

Thomas Friedman tells us in Wednesday's New York Times that, after his most recent visit, "for the first time, it's starting to feel to me like China is reaching its environmental limits." That's kind of like observing, after the recent kidnapping of Iraqi government officials directly from their Baghdad offices, that the situation in Iraq is beginning to get ugly. But far be it from us to carp at Friedman's recommendation that China "radically change to greener, more sustainable modes of design, transport, production and power generation," if it wants to avoid an "eco-nightmare." Not only is this true, but as Friedman concedes, China's leaders are well aware of the problem, and working to address it.