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Climate change is hurting poor countries right now. Why won't rich countries act?
2014-11-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Republic: All politics is local, Tip ONeill, the legendary Capitol Hill pol, used to say. He wasnt talking about the politics of climate change, but he might as well have been. Powerful governments around the world have failed to act in a significant way to fight climate change, and its pretty clear why: Their constituents dont feel in any real sense that climate change is affecting them locally. This is the fundamental inconvenient truth that advocates of tougher climate action face, and its underscored...
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