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http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8008
U.S. Resists Strong Summit Language on Global Warming
June 20, 2005 - By John Heilprin, Associated Press
http://www.greenconsumerguide.com/index.php?news=2630
Fury over leaked G8 document
Monday 20 June 2005
... "Every reference to the urgency of action or the need for real
cuts in emissions has been deleted or challenged. Nothing in this
text recognises the scale or urgency of the crisis of climate change."
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/31311/story.htm
Climate Change Gains Crucial Ally in US Senate
Reuters, USA: June 20, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,1271,-5086008,00.html
Climate change needs urgent action
Press Association
Monday June 20, 2005 11:48 AM
... "Words will not be enough. The richest countries of the world as
represented by the G8 have a responsibility to help the poorest. This
is not just charity but a moral obligation."
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=648282
Global warming in Africa: The hottest issue of all
20 June 2005
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0506190070jun19,1,2
440892.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
Chicago Tribune news : Nation/World
G-8 weakens draft on global warming
Bush administration pushed for changes
By Andrew C. Revkin
New York Times News Service
Published June 19, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Drafts of a joint statement being prepared for the
leaders of the world's major industrial powers show that the Bush
administration has succeeded in removing language calling for prompt
action to control global warming.
The statement is being negotiated in advance of the annual Group of
Eight summit, which is to be held next month in Scotland. British
Prime Minister Tony Blair, president of the group this year, has
sought to focus the summit on aid to Africa and climate change.
The statement, first outlined last month by British officials, is
meant to reflect the eight countries' shared concerns and plans
regarding climate change. Drafts have been batted back and forth
since mid-May.
A newly disclosed version, the first showing specifically what
changes were sought by the Bush administration, was provided to The
New York Times on Friday by someone in Europe involved with shaping
the British stance on the issue.
It is dated May 27, and the revisions, many of which are reflected in
a June 14 version, illustrate the broad gulf that has persisted
between the U.S. and the group's other members: Britain, Canada,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia.
Several other drafts, showing changes but not indicating which
countries sought them, have been released by environmental groups
over the past few weeks. The June 14 draft was described in the
European media earlier last week and in The Washington Post on Friday.
Among the changes reflected in the May 27 draft was the deletion of
an introductory statement, "Our world is warming." The annotated U.S.
copy of the document also offered comments such as "we should avoid
the term `targets'" and "we should leave the definition of what
constitutes `ambitious' to each leader, given their respective
national circumstances."
Steve Sawyer, the climate-policy director for Greenpeace
International, said the British might have erred in trying to use a
forum like the G-8 to seek movement from President Bush on the issue.
"We've been telling them since last September, at least, that it's a
laudable goal but don't build your strategy for the G-8 on the odds
of the U.S. moving, because the odds are vanishingly small," Sawyer
said.
Bush has said global warming is too uncertain a matter to justify
anything more than voluntary measures to slow growth in fossil-fuel
emissions.
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