Fascinating how backwards America is on environmental issues. In Washington, it's still possible for legislators to claim global warming is a hoax. Witness the effort by Republican Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma to embarrass Al Gore at a Senate committee hearing.
But while Congress debates whether climate change is real, countries on the other side of the Atlantic are busy rolling it back. Earlier this month, the European Union agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent by 2020 – a landmark accord involving 27 governments. When it comes to saving the Earth, the United States and Europe are indeed on different planets.
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