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Taking It From All Sides
Bush faces climate criticism from greens, U.S. mayors, entire world |
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16 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Taking It From All Sides Bush faces climate criticism from greens, U.S. mayors, entire world You know how, when you're making a bad choice, your friends try to tell you, but you can't see it? Listen up, Bush administration. In a speech yesterday, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan cited a "frightening lack of leadership" on climate change. He later said he wasn't pointing at the U.S., but you wouldn't ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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All This Aggravation Ain't Satisfactionin' Us
Montreal summit wraps up with agreement to ... have more summits |
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12 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| All This Aggravation Ain't Satisfactionin' Us Montreal summit wraps up with agreement to ... have more summits The U.N. climate talks in Montreal ended this weekend with plenty of drama but little progress. The big news, such as it is, is an agreement by a coalition of some 150 nations to convene new talks to generate a set of binding greenhouse-gas emissions caps for 2012 when Kyoto expires. The U.S. balked a ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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The Summit of Our Discontent
U.S. continues to stomp mightily on Montreal climate summit |
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07 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Summit of Our Discontent U.S. continues to stomp mightily on Montreal climate summit Poor Canada got it from both sides this week at the Montreal climate summit. On Tuesday, it suggested that the 189 nations party to the original 1992 U.N. climate convention meet formally over the next two years to discuss post-Kyoto strategies for greenhouse-gas reduction. The Bush administration/ExxonMobil deleg ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, news, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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The Long, Hot Summit
U.S. senators, E.U. ministers press Bush to join climate talks |
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06 Dec 2005 |
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| The Long, Hot Summit U.S. senators, E.U. ministers press Bush to join climate talks At the U.N. climate summit in Montreal, there's increased pressure on the U.S. to join in -- and when we say "pressure" we mean "begging." On Monday, 24 senators, including four Republicans, sent President Bush an open letter asking the administration to participate in the negotiations -- or ... |
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| Topics: climate, European Union, news, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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