Pollution

While the West has cut down on pollution (largely a result of Rachel Carson's 1962 Silent Spring) the same cannot be said for the Second and Third world.
==Note==
While much was made of the state of pollution in the USSR, pollution in China was just as bad...if not worse. While both countries are trying to take actions to curtail the pollution it will still take time to fix things.
* GURPS Y2K pg 16
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