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By Kate SheppardThe original text of John McCain's

Posted on May 13, 2008

By Kate SheppardThe original text of John McCain's Monday climate speech raised the specter of economic penalties for developing countries if they don't join international climate efforts, but the candidate dropped that reference when actually delivering the address. As the Associated Press puts it: The GOP presidential contender ... prodded China and India -- two major emitters of the greenhouse gases blamed for the planet's warming -- to join the effort, although he muted planned talk of tariffs against them in favor of effective diplomacy to encourage their compliance. An aide late...

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china , economic , european , european union , global warming , india , john mccain