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    Negotiators scale back UN climate pact ambitions
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    Gore said in an interview with The Associated Press that draft U.S. legislation "that reflects consensus support, carrying realistic expectation of 60 votes" needed to pass in the Senate, would make the chances better than 50-50 that 192 nations could reach an agreement. "That's the threshold that will enable the United States to play the leadership role the rest of the world expects of us" Gore said in Washington. Full Article at Taiwan News
    That's the threshold that will enable the United States to play the leadership role the rest of the world expects of us
    Al Gore – Al Gore SOURCE: Taiwan News 3 weeks ago
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Negotiators scale back UN climate pact ambitions
  1. It is regrettable that we could not move forward in a more constructive way.
    SOURCE: Taiwan News 3 weeks ago
  2. People are more and more talking about a framework ... that you clarify further in the following months
    SOURCE: Taiwan News 3 weeks ago
  3. It is not the best signal, but it is a signal that the Senate is ready to move forward
    SOURCE: Taiwan News 3 weeks ago
  4. This is a very good start
    SOURCE: Taiwan News 3 weeks ago
  5. We are completely dismayed by the shuffling of feet and sliding backward of the developed countries
    SOURCE: Taiwan News 3 weeks ago

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