US retreats at climate change talks

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David Adam in Montreal
Sunday December 11, 2005
The Observer


The White House was forced into a U-turn on climate change yesterday after appearing to misjudge critically the international and domestic mood on its efforts to tackle global warming.
After American delegates walked out of the United Nations climate change conference in Montreal over the wording of a draft statement calling for international co-operation on the issue, they signed a revised version after making only 'trivial' changes.

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Tony Juniper, executive director of Friends of the Earth, said: 'The rest of the world is right to push ahead and leave the obstructive US behind.'

One senior British official said the US negotiators shifted their position on the joint statement because the Bush administration was stung by criticism of its stance at the meeting in the US press. 'Washington are really feeling the heat on this,' the official said.

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(Former President Clinton who addressed the meeting) said if the US 'had a serious, disciplined effort to apply on a large scale existing clean energy and energy conservation technologies... we could meet and surpass the Kyoto targets easily in a way that would strengthen, not weaken, our economies'.

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Clinton pointed out that there was a growing demand for action within the US, highlighting efforts by 10 states and 192 cities to cut their emissions. Bush administration officials reportedly put pressure on conference organisers to block his speech.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1664657,00.html

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Maybe Intelligent Expression will win out over Intelligent Design.

[wtmusic]

1. Damn that Clinton

forcing us to be environmentally-conscious! ARRGGGGHH!

[CHIMO]

2. Much Ado

About little.

Climate-change conference ends with key deals
Last Updated Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:06:52 EST
CBC News

In another significant step, a number of countries that did not ratify Kyoto – including Australia and the United States – have agreed to non-binding talks on a climate-change agreement that will eventually replace Kyoto.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/12/10/climate051210.html

Perhaps there may be a dialog developing in the future.

Watching the video the term "Holly Alliance" between Russia and the US flew at me.

http://www.cbc.ca/clips/rm-lo/savory_kyoto051210.rm