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pampango

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8. As important as the climate change negotiations in Paris are, you have to wonder what
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 11:05 AM
Dec 2015

people there think about the fact that the US congress will not ratify anything.

We can only make changes around the edges that can be done with executive authority and don't require congressional action. In other words, not be as bold as the crisis demands.

The rest of the world must at the US as the biggest obstacle at the table. Perhaps they can reach a significant and binding agreement with an enforcement mechanism and just leave the US out of it until we decide to actually become a part of the world.

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