Independent: Climate campaigners claim greatest ever success at Montreal

[PhilipShore]

The Independent
Andrew Buncombe
11 December 2005

http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article332384.ece

Humiliation for Bush as last-minute twist means an isolated US is forced to sign up for future talks on global warming

[Harper_is_Bush]

1. Well, that's just great.

The humiliation for Bush is a bonus but the agreement on climate change is the cake and icing.

[Miss Chybil]

2. "Bill Clinton also fatally underminded the US position..."

"The atmosphere at the Montreal meeting was far more determined to reach agreement than either the US or its bitterest critics had expected, following a year of constant, alarming evidence that climate change is happening far faster than scientists had predicted. These included a record hurricane season, record melting of sea ice and glaciers in the Arctic, and disturbing signs that the Gulf Stream - which makes Britain inhabitable - may be beginning to fail.

So when the US walked out, it failed to find any support, despite intensive lobbying of delegation after delegation, as the rest of the world resolved to go ahead without it.

At the same time, the Bush administration has come under enormous pressure at home with three-quarters of Americans now demanding action on climate change and nearly 200 cities and many states taking their own far-reaching measures to cut pollution. Bill Clinton also fatally undermined the US position by calling it "dead wrong"."


:woohoo:

Dear King Bush:

Take notes. Clinton can lead. You can't.

Sincerely,
An Unwilling Subject...

Miss Chybil

[babylonsister]

3. Excellent! Whatever it takes, we need to be involved

as we're the worst abusers. And humiliation for dimson is the cherry on top. :)