Annan and humanitarians have woken up to climate crisis - so let's stop talking about the polar bear


	Annan and humanitarians have woken up to climate crisis - so let's stop talking about the polar bear

JICWyllie

5-29-2009 1:12 PM

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1-extinction, 2-increase, 2-risks, 3-forecast, 4-intl

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5-30-2009 9:58 AM

tabsey

Population control. I wondered why the world power members were not pushing the point. Wait a decade and we lose a billion or two. The rich will be better prepared to survive.

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