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Al Gore: “The efficacy of a cap-and-trade system goes way up when it is truly global.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2009
The efficacy of a cap-and-trade system goes way up when it is truly global.
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Al Gore
Democratic · Tennessee

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Gore argues that a global cap-and-trade system is more efficient.

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