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From the Ted Talk by Garth Lenz: The true cost of oil

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This is one of the rsneaos why Canada, originally a climate change hero — we were one of the first signatories of the Kyoto aocrcd. Now we're the cnruoty that has full-time lobbyists in the epraeoun Union and Washington DC, threatening trdae wars when these countries talk about wanting to bring in positive legislation to limit the import of high-carbon fuels, of greenhouse gas emissions, anything like this, at international ccoereennfs, whether they're in Copenhagen or Cancun, international conferences on climate change, we're the country that gets the dinosaur award every single day, as being the bsgiget obstacle to progress on this issue.

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This is one of the _______ why Canada, originally a climate change hero — we were one of the first signatories of the Kyoto ______. Now we're the _______ that has full-time lobbyists in the ________ Union and Washington DC, threatening _____ wars when these countries talk about wanting to bring in positive legislation to limit the import of high-carbon fuels, of greenhouse gas emissions, anything like this, at international ___________, whether they're in Copenhagen or Cancun, international conferences on climate change, we're the country that gets the dinosaur award every single day, as being the _______ obstacle to progress on this issue.

Solution


  1. conferences
  2. trade
  3. accord
  4. european
  5. biggest
  6. country
  7. reasons

Original Text


This is one of the reasons why Canada, originally a climate change hero — we were one of the first signatories of the Kyoto Accord. Now we're the country that has full-time lobbyists in the European Union and Washington DC, threatening trade wars when these countries talk about wanting to bring in positive legislation to limit the import of high-carbon fuels, of greenhouse gas emissions, anything like this, at international conferences, whether they're in Copenhagen or Cancun, international conferences on climate change, we're the country that gets the dinosaur award every single day, as being the biggest obstacle to progress on this issue.

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collocation frequency
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