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Published 07/01/2009 by Reuters: Environment

G8 not curbing climate change, Canada worst: report

ROME (Reuters) - With only five months to go until a new global pact on climate change, none of the Group of Eight nations is doing enough to curb global warming, with Canada and the United States ranking bottom, a study said on Wednesday.

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