Castro green long before green became fashionable

Cuban leader Fidel Castro embraced environmentalism in the early 1990's. He campaigned against global warming and waste of natural resources, accusing the US of being the world's primary polluter. He created a ministry dedicated to protecting the environment by educating the Cuban people of its importance and stressing sustainable use of natural resources. By 2006 Cuba became the first country which met the UN's definition of sustainable development with an ecological footprint under 18 hectares per capita and a Human Development Index of over 0.8 (both good numbers). Thirteen years on the US president doesn't say one word about protecting the environment for future generations, pouting we can't go green cause it will wreck the economy. When it comes to environmentalism which country, the US or Cuba...is Third World?