A CLEANER, GREENER EARTH

Of the estimated 1 billion people who will observe Earth Day worldwide this year, few will know about the progress already being made. The world, especially in developed nations, is a cleaner -- and greener -- place, contradicting the alarmists' warnings that the world is on the edge of environmental cataclysm.

From evidence "that tropical rain forests may now be expanding faster than they are being cut down" to the improving health of U.S. ocean fisheries to better outdoor air quality in American cities with the worst air pollution, there's more to be optimistic about than there is to be troubled about.

• Americans are actually generating no more trash per-capita than they were in 1990.
• Our production of hazardous waste has fallen from 36 million tons in 1999 to 28 million tons in 2005.
• Lead levels in our blood have shown "a steady decline since the 1980s."

And then there's carbon dioxide. We are pumping out more than ever, but there's no evidence, only speculation, that this weak greenhouse gas is having any effect on the environment...

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