USA mining G8 agreement on climate change!!!!???


	USA mining G8 agreement on climate change!!!!???

Viiltaja

5-14-2007 3:09 AM

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climate change, climate, usa, g8, politics, global warming, environment

Viiltaja says:

I just can't understand if there's anything going on inside these people's heads trying to ruin these important international agreements.

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				<DIV class="cap">The US appears to be on a different road from other G8 members</DIV>
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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>The US is trying to block sections of a draft agreement on climate change prepared for next month's G8 summit, according to documents seen by the BBC.</B>
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<FONT size="2">Washington objects to the draft's targets to keep the global temperature rise below 2C this century and halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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