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    Is Bush's Promise of Global Warming Talks Too Late?

    President Bush barely showed up for this week's UN session on global warming , but he's conceded that human activities do contribute to climate change. Today the White House begins its own conference with 16 countries responsible for 90% of greenhouse gas emissions.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Bush barely showed up for this week's UN session on global warming, but he's conceded that human activities do contribute to climate change. Today the White House begins its own conference with 16 countries responsible for 90% of greenhouse gas emissions. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice opened the meeting of the world's 16 top polluting nations—including Brazil, South Africa and, most importantly, China and India, alone with the industrialized western nations. Will it undermine—or complement—the United Nations? Is the international community taking it seriously?

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      senior national affairs correspondent for The Washington Post

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      Vice President of Environmental Issues at CRA International

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      International Counsel at Environmental Defense

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    The Last Months of the Bush Administration and Global Warming
    1. 1:38Probe Finds Major Security Gaps along US-Canada Border
    2. 7:25Is Bush's Promise of Global Warming Talks Too Late?You’re reading this
    3. 42:16Another LA Celebrity Trial, Another Failure to Convict
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