US rejects Annan plea to cut greenhouse gases

[FernBell]

Washington rejected pleas by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to cut emissions of greenhouse gases and dismissed his charge that there was a "frightening lack of leadership" in combating global warming.

"We think that the United States has been leading in terms of its ground-breaking initiatives," Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, told a news conference during November 6-17 UN climate talks.

Annan had urged rich countries at the 189-nation talks in Nairobi to be more "courageous" in cutting greenhouse gases and urged Washington to reconsider opposition to the UN's Kyoto Protocol that binds 35 nations to cut emissions by 2012.

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Annan said "while the Kyoto Protocol is a crucial step forward, that step is far too small. And as we consider how to go further still, there remains a frightening lack of leadership".


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10411040

[sutz12]

1. What? GW Bush......lack of leadership?

Say it isn't so! :sarcasm:

[maddezmom]

2. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2615351