MEGAN MCARDLE: “Guess who lags the US in curbing toxic emissions? No, really, you’ll never guess.”

Hmm. Here’s a possibility:

The annual Taking Stock report, drawn from submissions by more than 20,000 polluters in the United States and Canada, shows that Canada is lagging the United States in curbing toxic pollution. Although total North American emissions declined by 18 per cent from 1998 to 2001, Canadian emissions rose three per cent.

Hmm. And yet. . . .