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Global Warming Claims Its First Major Political Victim
November 26, 2007 |
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This post, written by Dr. Joseph Romm, originally appeared on The Huffington Post
Global warming takes down its first major political victim:
"Conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of the left-leaning opposition, whose leader has promised to immediately sign the Kyoto Protocol on global warming."Why the stunning loss? A key reason was Howard's "head in the
... few scientists dispute the part played by climate change, which is making Australia hotter and drier..... Until a few months ago, Mr Howard and his ministers pooh-poohed the climate-change doomsayers.You can read about Howard's lame attempt to change his rhetoric on global warming here.
Now we are the last industrialized nation with a leader who refuses to take any serious action -- hopefully that dubious distinction will be corrected in next year's presidential election.
Dr. Joseph Romm is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he oversees the blog ClimateProgress.org.
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