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Posted by: monicachenoa 2 months ago

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Meeting for a second day in the Japanese resort town of Toyako, the leaders of the G-8 nations released a declaration on climate change, endorsing the idea of cutting global greenhouse-gas emissions in half by 2050. It was the clearest signal yet of the international community's willingness to grapple with the long-term danger of global warming,

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rightfromwrong2 months ago

the world leaders are wimps...look at the droughts in California and Georgia yet they keep building houses in absurd areas like Arizona where the Colorado river by the time it hits Mexico is little more than a trickle. The tar sand in Alberta, Canada are responsible for 45% of green house gases and have a tailings pond the size on Nova Scotia and the oil companies aren't being held responsible to clean it up....all for greedy rich people and the shareholders
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GHOSTWHOWALKS2 months ago

What do they care. By 2050 they'll be dead and the millions passed on to their progeny while the rest of the world chokes on the end result of their stupidity.
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