The US is a climate coquette
"[...] the U.S. flirts, it shows some leg, but it never ends up in your arms. The Senate never comes through - it didn't ratify Kyoto, and it didn't pass the climate legislation last summer. All the watering down was for nought - you might as well have done the right thing."
- Bill McKibben, "US Plays the Big Tease at Global Climate Talks".
Insightful analysis of the present Cancùn negotiations and a memorable image of US behaviour from Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org.At the same time, the Climate Vulnerability Monitor has a new report claiming that "of all industrialized nations the US [along with Spain] will face the most [economic] harm from a warming world".
Is it anti-American to point out their leadership in failure and their leadership in loss amongst the industrialised world?
It doesn't have to be this way.
H/T Bryan and Jeremy.
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Oh, by the way, Bill McKibben turns out to be a communist. Who knew?
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