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China Says Keeping World Temp from Rising 2C is Unrealistic

Photo via Fladoodle A couple of months ago at the disappointing Major Economies Forum in Italy, one of the bright spots was that the world's most polluting nations nonetheless agreed to keep the temperatures from rising an average of 2 degrees Celsius... ...full story at TreeHugger

from TreeHugger on Wed, Sep 16 2009

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