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The Big-Name Game
Beltway green groups need to turn up the heat |
Ross Gelbspan |
31 Jul 2002 |
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| Inside the Beltway, the climate movement is comatose. During the Clinton-Gore years, while the U.S. dragged its feet in international climate negotiations, the major national environmental groups allowed themselves to be used by the administration. Seduced by the former vice president's rhetoric, the groups watched their issue disappear from the political arena when Al Gore sacrificed his convictions ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, environmental movement, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, Washington DC (all these topics) |
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