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The people of the OECD nations — Western industrial countries , including Japan and Australia and New Zealandconstitute most of the 25 percent of the global population who consume most of the world's commercial energy .
The people of the OECD nations — Western industrial countries , including Japan and Australia and New Zealandconstitute most of the 25 percent of the global population who consume most of the world's commercial energy .
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But can an arrogation of authority by Western governments be ruled out ? The Economist was not the first to raise the possibility that Western countries might be tempted to force developing countries to fall in line on environmental ...
But can an arrogation of authority by Western governments be ruled out ? The Economist was not the first to raise the possibility that Western countries might be tempted to force developing countries to fall in line on environmental ...
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A tax of one dollar per barrel of oil would produce $ 1 billion annually ( calculated on the basis of consumption in the western hemisphere in 1989 ) . In the context of the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the region ...
A tax of one dollar per barrel of oil would produce $ 1 billion annually ( calculated on the basis of consumption in the western hemisphere in 1989 ) . In the context of the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the region ...
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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