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# Pope in "a Catholic" shock
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/18298/
- Published: 2005-06-08T09:06:30.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:33:35.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

George W. Bush's decision not to sign the United States up to the Kyoto Protocol was partly a result of pressure from ExxonMobil, the world's most powerful oil company, and other industries, according to US State Department papers obtained by Greenpeace under US freedom of information legislation. See [here](http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1501646,00.html?ref=opendemocracy.net).

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