“This not a matter of politics or morality or right or wrong. It is simply the unforgiving math of accumulating emissions.”
—U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern, accompanying Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her first visit to China
Notable quotable
Unforgiving math 1
-
Posted 11:12 AM on 23 Feb 2009
by David Roberts -
Posted in
Read More About
David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.
Related Stories
How industry pressures and competing national agendas dim prospects for a climate treaty
Add a Comment
You are not logged in. Thus, you cannot post a comment. If you have an account, log in. If you don't have an account, well, by all means go make one! Meet you back here in five.
Comments
View as Flat
sindark Posted 12:49 pm
23 Feb 2009
"Whoa! Forget about our profligate past energy usage and lack of efficiency. We need to think about the future now. As such, states that never had our prosperity need to sacrifice at the same time."
Unfortunately, the last part of that is true. At the same time, the USA lacks credibility to say so. Only Canada and Australia have done worse, when it comes to using energy well.
a sibilant intake of breath
Permalink