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Online rangerrebew

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GOP Midterm Gains Quash Hopes Of US Paying Climate Reparations
« on: November 19, 2022, 02:26:54 pm »
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GOP Midterm Gains Quash Hopes Of US Paying Climate Reparations

cop27 money protestRepublicans have taken control of the House of Representatives, diminishing the chances of the US delivering on its climate finance pledges.

President Joe Biden promised $11.4 billion a year by 2024 to support climate action in developing countries, including an overdue $2bn to the Green Climate Fund (GCF). [emphasis, links added]


But he got little through Congress in his first two years of office. A rightward swing in midterm elections, while smaller than predicted, will make it harder to appropriate funds for the climate agenda

https://climatechangedispatch.com/gop-midterm-gains-quash-hopes-of-us-paying-climate-reparations/
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Re: GOP Midterm Gains Quash Hopes Of US Paying Climate Reparations
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2022, 02:33:49 pm »
GOP Midterm Gains Quash Hopes Allay Fears Of US Paying Climate Reparations.

There, fixed that.
And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know what this was all about.

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Re: GOP Midterm Gains Quash Hopes Of US Paying Climate Reparations
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2022, 12:50:16 am »
They’ll force it through one way or another.