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 Stories About: Al Gore AND China AND climate AND greenhouse-gas emissions AND international politics AND politics AND United States
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Al Gore is so wrong
There is no comparison between Chinese and American GHG emissions |
Eric de Place |
11 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Al Gore's Nobel Prize speech, as reported by the NY Times: ... he singled out the United States and China -- the world's largest emitters of carbon dioxide -- for failing to meet their obligations in mitigating emissions. They should 'stop using each other's behavior as an excuse for stalemate,' he said. Much as I love him, Gore's sentiment here is far too generous to the good ol' U.S. of A. There is simply no fair comparison with China. We're not e ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, China, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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