Friday, February 3, 2006
Polluting Nations Endorse Greenhouse-Gas Plan
Six of the nations that produce the highest volume of greenhouse gases have endorsed a voluntary plan that will reduce emissions 30 percent by 2050. What do you think?
Camille Garcia,
Systems Analyst
"I think this is all a ploy for those polluters to get a chance to meet Ed Begley Jr."
Steve Keane,
Baker
"Now that the big guns are taking some responsibility, I won't feel so bad dumping this chlorine out by the quarry."
Howard Finster,
Limnologist
"To do their part, India is eliminating its fuel-guzzling, dioxide-emitting elephants by 2010."
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