– The Climate Bill in Climate Context –

The bottom line remains, as the International Energy Agency warned in its 2008 World Energy Outlook,
that 97 percent of projected growth in emissions of carbon dioxide from energy use through 2030 (without aggressive action) will come in developing countries,
with three-fourths of that growth in China, India and the Middle East.
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“Last night, those people being asked to vote were given a 1,200-and-some-odd-page document that they have never seen before. This is ‘hurry up and do it,’ ” Donohue said. “Bob Dole used to say to members of the Senate, ‘Let’s all hurry up and vote on this before anybody has a chance to read it.’ ”