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To: RealMuLan who wrote (56029)11/16/2004 7:41:21 PM
From: RealMuLan  Respond to of 74559
 
[this guy should really lecture other developed nations/regions to stop moving their sunset/polluted industries to China!--"China danger to climate"
By Rod Myer
November 17, 2004

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Controlling climate change and limiting global warming to an average of 2 degrees in the period after the Kyoto Protocol expired in 2012 "was only feasible if the Chinese go in another direction", Dr Ernst von Weizsacker told the International Climate Change Taskforce, meeting in Sydney this week.

Dr von Weizsacker, a member of the German Parliament and former chair of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, said China's meteoric growth was offsetting emissions gains in the First World, as the country was not covered by the Kyoto Protocol.

Last year China installed almost as much power generating capacity as exists in Australia, much of it coal-fired. However, China was becoming aware of the need for energy efficiency, because its massive growth in demand was pushing up world resource prices.

theage.com.au



To: RealMuLan who wrote (56029)11/16/2004 7:52:04 PM
From: RealMuLan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
After Arafat, the shadow of bin Laden
By B Raman
"...
If no such leader emerges, there is a real danger of the "al-Qaedization" of the Palestinian struggle. Coming closely on the heels of the "al-Qaedization" of Iraq consequent on the overthrow of Saddam, it would make victory in the so-called "war against terrorism" even more difficult to achieve than it is today.
..."

atimes.com