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The Axis of Intransigence
U.S. pushes to remove global-warming references from disaster talks |
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19 Jan 2005 |
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| The Axis of Intransigence U.S. pushes to remove global-warming references from disaster talks The U.S. delegation to an upcoming global conference on natural disasters is pushing to have references to global warming removed from the U.N. action plan to be ratified there. The document cites global warming as one factor among many leading to "a future where disasters could increasingly threaten the wor ... |
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| Topics: climate, politics, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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Buenos Hot Aires
U.S. professes bafflement at international ire over climate change |
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08 Dec 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Buenos Hot Aires U.S. professes bafflement at international ire over climate change "I'm not sure why we're considered the 'bad boys'," said puzzled U.S. climate negotiator Harlan Watson at this week's U.N. climate change convention in Buenos Aires. The conference -- the last such meeting to take place before the Kyoto Protocol goes into effect in February -- has featured sharp criticism of U.S. ... |
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| Topics: climate, politics, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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