cuz he's an alien bent on destroying the earth

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Campaign by right-wing U.S. group aims to derail E.U. climate policy

 

American lobbyist Chris Horner is trying to convince major European companies to

join a campaign against the Kyoto Protocol and any future such strategies to

curb emissions of heat-trapping gases -- but he's not making much headway.

Horner is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the

right-wing Washington think tank known for arguing against the scientific

consensus on global warming -- and getting lots of funding from ExxonMobil. He's

been talking to Ford Europe, German mega-utility RWE, and other E.U. firms in

hopes of forming a coalition of companies, journalists, academics, and others to

promote opposition to greenhouse-gas emissions caps -- similar to an

industry-backed anti-Kyoto effort in the U.S. during the late 1990s. " I don't

know why it's surprising [i have lobbied European companies], " he told the

Independent. " What is surprising to me is why it's not working. " Both Ford

Europe and RWE say they don't back Horner's plan.

 

 

straight to the source: The Independent, Andrew Buncombe, 08 Dec 2005

 

 

straight to the source: The Guardian, David Adam, 08 Dec 2005

 

 

 

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