Climate [Scam]: G77 takes on West - Global Warming - Home - The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Barcelona talks on climate change saw further fireworks with the chairperson of one of the two parallel tracks of the negotiations
coming under fire from G77 countries, including India, for directing the process away from the ambit of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Bali Action Plan, which differentiates between rich countries and the rest.

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Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the panel's ranking Republican and an outspoken opponent of climate change legislation, left the meeting after delivering a brief statement.

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Murkowski took particular issue with the way emissions permits are allocated, specifically in the House bill. "Was it really based on what was happening in the industry and what might be better to help really facilitate significant emissions reductions?" Murkowski asked. "Or was it based on who was sitting at the table, what part of the country they represented and what the strength of their political muscle was?"

After fossil-fueled trip to New York City: Al Gore advocates for gender equality [why not throw gay marriage in there too?], political action to slow climate change

Allowing civilization to continue on the same path, he noted, would be "the most immoral act ever committed by any generation that has ever lived."

To fix it, however, will take more than recycling more newspapers. "It's important to change the light bulbs and the windows," he said, "but it's much more important to change the laws and the policy" governing energy and emissions. It comes down to a question of societal willpower, Gore said. With Americans spending an average of five hours a day watching television (which amounts to about 17 years over an average lifetime), he noted, that's precious time that could be applied to advocating for change.