Critics Say U.N. Climate Talks Lagging (Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012)

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http://apnews.excite.com/article/20061110/D8LAAOG00.html

Critics Say U.N. Climate Talks Lagging
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Nov 10, 11:43 AM (ET)

By CHARLES J. HANLEY

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Environmentalists complained Friday that negotiators for industrial nations are moving too slowly at a U.N. conference to set controls on global-warming gases after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.

A leader of the talks said, however, that slow might be better if eventually the United States signs on to mandatory emissions reductions.

Tuesday's Democratic election victory in the United States heartened those looking for a change in U.S. attitudes.


In this file photo, Residents of the Kenyan coastal island of Lamu compete in a sailboat race on Thursday June 6, 2002. Experts say global warming could destroy ancient ruins and age-old settlements along the sea, such as the coastal island of Lamu in Kenya. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)

"The new Congress will challenge the Bush administration's global warming policy on several fronts," an unofficial conference newsletter told the 5,000 participants at the two-week session, which ends next Friday.

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