"For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging nations, on our advances in technology and the costs of transport preventing disruption. But this reassuring analysis is out of date."
"The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process."
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Source: Anger over Bush energy plan. www.cnn.com. May 18, 2001.
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