Global warming conferences cause global warming


	Global warming conferences cause global warming

n2sooners

12-7-2007 12:11 PM

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12-8-2007 3:42 AM

merrie

Liars, clowns and hypocrites

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flying to <SPAN id="lw_1196935916_0" class="yshortcuts">Bali, Indonesia</SPAN>, for the <SPAN id="lw_1196935916_1" class="yshortcuts">United Nations</SPAN> meeting on
climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a
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The delegates each will produce an average 4.07 metric tons
of carbon dioxide, or CO2, to reach the resort island 950
kilometers (600 miles) from <SPAN id="lw_1196935916_2" class="yshortcuts">Jakarta</SPAN>, according to estimates e-
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Some of the 187 nations participating in the two-week forum
promised to offset their so-called carbon footprint by planting
trees or buying emission credits. The symbolic actions won't help
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``It's very hard for the public to understand that you come
together with so many people to a very distant place and cause a
lot of emissions, and at the same time talk about emission
reductions,'' Artur Runge-Metzger, head of climate strategy for
the <SPAN id="lw_1196935916_3" class="yshortcuts">European Commission</SPAN>, said yesterday in an interview in <SPAN id="lw_1196935916_4" class="yshortcuts">Bali</SPAN>,
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