Hundreds of villagers in eastern China have held three days of protests at a solar panel plant over pollution fears. Remember the good ole days when green energy was clean and non-polluting? Neither do we… “One 64-year-old villager told the Associated Press that the factory – located close to a school and kindergarten – discharges waste into the river and spews dense smoke out of a dozen chimneys.” Paging Erin Brockovich! How do you say “Earth Day” in Chinese?
This post was last modified on September 18, 2011
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世界地球日
"shijie diqiu re"...
Now pronounce it :)
Earth Day
I originally translated that on the very real chance you slipped in a sarcastic inside joke wondering if anyone would find it.
Double entendres do have a habit of appearing when least expected...rather like the Spanish Inquisition...
Then I take back the Sylvester comment and following in my President's footsteps, humbly blame it on Yahoo.
World Earth Day. As Sylvester used to say, pppbbbbttttt.