England's pork barrel politics is paying for airlines to burn the planet


	England's pork barrel politics is paying for airlines to burn the planet

JICWyllie

7-19-2009 2:59 AM

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1-climate change, 1-policy, 1-stimulous, 1-transport, 2-increase, 2-risks, 3-reported, 4-uk

JICWyllie says:

UK government = hypocricy + stupidity + greed ... or is that all government/

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