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I would have expected by now many progressive critiques of what seems to be a uniform mainstream gushing over this deal. The headlines are all about how great it is, and given the history and interests of the two signors, my gut reaction is "no fucking way could this be as good as those headlines make it sound." As great as the climate march was, that alone can't yet be enough to force significant change by the world's greatest polluters. So two questions: 1) how does Obama's new pledge, re a percentage drop in emissions to reach 2005 levels, match against what climate scientists say is needed; and 2) isn't China's pledge a non-pledge? I.e. they only committed themselves to peak at 2030, but that peak could be at any level they feel like. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
