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China's Climate Red Phone Has Two Lines: U.S. and Developing World

Who They Gonna Call? Last week, before hundreds of students and others gathered to call for government action on climate change, Beijing officials were busy talking with its two biggest climate interlocutors: India and the United States. They weren't... ...full story at TreeHugger

from TreeHugger on Mon, Nov 02 2009

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