The Washington Post's Affirmative Action Policy for the United States on Global Warming

The United States emits more than twice as much greenhouse gas per person as the average for West Europe. If countries like Germany, France, and Spain emitted as much per person as the United States there would be no point worrying about greenhouse gas emissions because the planet would be fried. The world's emissions levels over the last three decades would be so much larger that there would be no hope of reducing emissions enough to prevent catastrophic levels of global warming.

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