AFP china’s ecological footprint

China's Ecological Footprint Continues to Grow - Beijing, China, November 14, 2010

BEIJING — The spread of consumerism among China's burgeoning middle class is behind the rapid growth of the Asian giant's environmental footprint, a conservation group said Monday. Demand for construction, transport, goods and public services are the key factors behind ballooning carbon emissions, the World Wildlife Fund said in its annual "China Ecological Footprint" report.

- Agence France-Presse (AFP)