Australia scores badly on emissions growth report


	Australia scores badly on emissions growth report

tabsey

11-1-2007 3:02 AM

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pollution

tabsey says:

It shows that our leader, the dotard, has been too busy sucking up to the polluters. As long as they continue making record profits, he is happy. He'll be dead in a few years and leave our kids with the problems.

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11-1-2007 3:20 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

Australia was "leading the world on climate change".

On? Shouldn't that read "towards"?

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