United States Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Monday said that there was a need to “confront India and China” in order to save the environment.
“If we want to be serious about saving the environment, we need to confront India and China,” Haley, who has roots in India, wrote on Twitter. “They are some of the biggest polluters.”
If we want to be serious about saving the environment, we need to confront India and China. They are some of the biggest polluters.
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) June 5, 2023
The tweet by the former South Carolina governor on the occasion of World Environment Day led to an online backlash, with many Twitter users pointing to the United States’ significantly larger historical contribution to worldwide pollution.
Wow!
Here is some research about global emitters.
In first place on the rankings is the US (20% of the global total)
China is a relatively distant second (11%), followed by Russia (7%), Brazil (5%), Indonesia (4%).
India is 7th on the list.#WorldEnvironmentDay#ClimateChange https://t.co/JxDwrahrrc pic.twitter.com/hZtKl3LaRB— Geeta Mohan گیتا موہن गीता मोहन (@Geeta_Mohan) June 5, 2023
The USA is the biggest carbon polluter in history and the US military is a bigger polluter than 140 countries. The US is also world’s biggest plastic polluter.
Before pointing fingers at India, China and Africa, you should confront America, if you…
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