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Roadblock at Bali Climate Conference? Not U.S.!
The U.S. sits on the sidelines rather than leading the charge in a war on climate change |
Anna Fahey |
13 Dec 2007 |
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| Americans have a history of joining together in times of crisis. But the terminology of war is the most familiar rallying cry. So it's understandable that when he's talking about global warming, John Edwards often implores Americans to be 'patriotic about something other than war.' And when Al Gore accepted his Nobel Prize this week, he said, 'We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobili ... |
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| Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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