U.S. Aims to Weaken G-8 Climate Change Statement

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Source: Washington Post

Negotiators from the United States are trying to weaken the language of a climate change declaration set to be unveiled at next month's G-8 summit of the world's leading industrial powers, according to documents obtained yesterday by The Washington Post.

A draft proposal dated April 2007 that is being debated in Bonn, Germany, this weekend by senior officials of the Group of Eight includes a pledge to limit the global temperature rise this century to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, as well as an agreement to reduce worldwide greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.

The United States is seeking to strike that section, the documents show.

Many scientists have warned that an increase of more than 3.6 degrees this century could trigger disastrous consequences such as mass extinction of species and accelerated melting of polar ice sheets, which would raise sea levels.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201445.html?hpid=topnews

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The documents show that American officials are also trying to eliminate draft language that says, "We acknowledge that the U.N. climate process is the appropriate forum for negotiating future global action on climate change." Industrial and developing countries have used the United Nations as the forum for crafting climate agreements for years.

[razzleberry]

1. the G-8 needs to change to the G-7 .n/t

[illinoisprogressive]

2. The world needs to just ignore the US until Jan. 2009

[madrchsod]

3. the world pretty much ignores the usa now

yes they are waiting till 2009 to see if the usa changes

[babylonsister]

4. We SUCK and need a different direction/leadership. nt

[Erika]

5. W is selling out our future by denying climate change

His world is about corporate profits and the hell if he kills mankind in his greed.

[diane in sf]

6. I really hope they send the bush minions home from the G8 in tears

How far above sea level is Crawford?

[hatrack]

7. K & R - Why not start your day with some warm, steaming bullshit?

It's particularly tasty with maraschino hypocrisy sauce, don't you think?

[Javaman]

8. I just love when I read crap like this....

so moron* and his room full of dopes think that by dumbing down the climate report that will make the problem go away.

Just like everything they fuck up, if they ignore it enough it will vanish...just like Iraq.

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