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cedric Donating Member (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-21-09 02:45 PM
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China and India expected to seize initiative at NY climate talks
China and India appeared poised for bold new action on climate change ahead of a major UN summit tomorrow, in moves that will significantly increase pressure on President Barack Obama to deliver cuts in US emissions.

The UN climate chief, Yvo de Boer, said today that he expects China's president, Hu Jintao, to announce a series of new measures tomorrow that would put the country well ahead of America in dealing with climate change. Meanwhile, India's environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, told the Guardian his government planned to make "aggressive" cuts in India's emissions.\

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/21/china-india-climate-change
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-21-09 02:49 PM
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1. This was always Bush's excuse.
Let's hope Obama capitalizes.
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