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 Stories About: Al Gore AND climate AND population
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U.S. Mayors Climate Conference: Gore V
Gore: Population one of the causes of climate change, but not one of the policy solutions |
David Roberts |
02 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Sue Greenwald, mayor of Davis, Calif., asked a question that becomes inevitable when more than one environmentalist is in the room: does "population control" have any role in the climate movement? People laughed nervously. Gore immediately said, courteously but firmly, that if you go to developing countries using the term "population control," they're going to see that as ... well, his term was "aggressive." I probably would have used s ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, population (all these topics) |
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