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Change the Rules, Change the Future
New energy rules could unleash an economic boom and help quash climate change |
Timothy E. Wirth, Vinod Khosla, John D. Podesta |
22 May 2007 |
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| By Timothy E. Wirth, Vinod Khosla and John D. Podesta 22 May 2007 In 1997, as the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change was being negotiated, the U.S. Senate voted, 95-0, to reject any agreement that "would result in serious harm to the economy of the United States." The senators were acting on the widespread fear that the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy would hurt ... |
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