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A Global Green New Deal - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

A Global Green New Deal - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Showing that he believes Al Gore’s typical misunderstanding that the Chinese word for crisis is made up of the characters for threat and opportunity (it isn’t), Achim Steiner, head of the UN Environment Program, has said that the global financial crisis provides an opportunity for a global green new deal:

The UNEP report said investments of one percent of global gross domestic product, or about $750 billion, could bankroll a “Global Green New Deal” inspired by the “New Deal” of…

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Saving Us from Ourselves=lolprez

Saving Us from Ourselves=lolprez

I would rather Clark Kent.

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Forbes China’s 100 richest

Forbes China’s 100 richest

Each year, Forbes magazine produces a list of the 100 richest people in China. But no rich people would like to appear in it. Why? After several years, the people whose names appear in it would be sent to jail, almost unavoidably. It would likely become an index for the prosecutor to find out the people who didn’t pay their taxes, tried to bribe government officials or didn’t carry out other citizens’ obligations. Recently, Guangyu Huang, the richest person of…

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