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"the government arrests people and seizes factories that violate these ecological goals"

But near human slavery in factories with working commiting suicide, that does not violate any goals.

So it says greener today than 20 years ago. How Green were they in say 1960 and 1970 and 1980, etc. I take it since the article says 20 years, then 30 years ago the space was a lot greener before then?

Yes the US needs to pick up on green space, but remeber when you look at the map the south west (Cali to Texas, is not exactly good for trees.