I saw his work in “Gasland” and thought he did a good job, but the problem is that the globalists are arguing that the developing world, and China, should be allowed to pollute like it’s 1899 because its “their turn” and besides that it brings down costs for multinational corporations that offshore production. Never mind that the processes used in 1899 were the cutting edge... in 1899, and were used by the people who were inventing the technology. The argument goes that the developing world can’t afford to buy the new technology. So why not do what the old industrialists did and invent new technology? There are African scientists who have some excellent published work in the area of brownfield’s reclamation. These guys could absolutely clean up (literally and figuratively) if China’s factories were to go idle which would free up land for growing (gasp!) food. Cleaner producers (like the U.S. and virtually anywhere else) could produce which would reduce pollution for everyone while more people would also get fed (including the Africans, if the Chinese would stop stealing the fish from African waters).
We need to hold people to account, and thanks to the freedom Mr. Fox enjoys here, that he would not have in a place like China, American producers are held to account. That should be his role.
I mean does anyone actually think that plastic packaging for consumer goods that can withstand the jaws-of-life (and extended international shipping voyages)are a good and wholesome thing for the environment?? BTW- how much petrochemical pollution does all that really robust plastic packaging and international shipping from places with nonexistent environmental regulation contribute to problem these guys pretend to care about?