"Virulent anti-American" statements by Pachauri

TreeHugger Has Breakfast with IPCC Chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri : TreeHugger

Saying that we really need to develop an "evangelic fervor about doing the right thing" in regards to climate change, Dr Pachauri expounded,
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The intra-generational part is something, I'm sorry, a lot people in North America just don't know anything about. You have to go to a place like the Maldive islands; you have go to a place like Bangladesh; you have to go and see the glaciers in the third pole of the world, and that's the Himalayan range ... then you realize what you're doing through inaction to this generation, and how much worse it's going to be for future generations.
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In some countries, taxation is acceptable ... in the North America, politicians get elected by saying 'read my lips, no new taxes' as though taxes are some form of an evil. After all you need taxation for maintaining an army; you need taxation for invading Iraq. Why not taxation for ensuring energy security? Why not taxation for creating better railroad systems? There has to be a change in philosophy in some of these areas.

2002: The Selling of an Energy Policy - Al Gore - The New York Times

...the administration threw its weight behind the ''let's drag our feet'' candidate, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri of New Delhi, who is known for his virulent anti-American statements.