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Pact or Fiction?
New Asia-Pacific climate pact is long on PR, short on substance |
Amanda Griscom Little |
04 Aug 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Staunch U.S. allies, enviro activists, and just about everyone else was caught flat-footed last week when the U.S., Australia, and four Asian countries unveiled a new pact intended to help curb greenhouse-gas emissions. In the days since, some details about the surprise alliance have trickled out, but its mission and intended impact remain murky. Known as the Asia-Pacific Par ... |
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| Topics: Asia, Australia, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international treaties, Muckraker, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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