G8 Countries fail abysmally in cutting C02


	G8 Countries fail abysmally in cutting C02

willhelm

7-3-2008 2:05 PM

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7-6-2008 12:17 PM

bferman

Perhaps this is because it is not possible to implement all of the measures without causing an economic meltdown.

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