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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...negotiating flexibility if a comprehensive plan can be put in place," Gore announced at the end of a vivid (and lengthy) exposition on global warming. Few at the 160-nation meeting knew exactly what that meant. Greenpeace complained the speech was full of "hot air;" European Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard said he was "disappointed" that "the rhetoric was not met by the reality." And the U.S. business community ? from which Gore would like at least a measure of support in 2000 ? wasn't happy either. William F. O'Keefe, head of the business-based Global Climate Coalition, purported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore Gets Kyoto Brush-Off | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

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