U.S. fails us in G8 Climate Change Deal

June 9, 2007 · Filed Under climate change 

In a report on the G8 summit, the Independent stated “John Sauven, the director of Greenpeace UK, said: ‘George Bush’s final gift to Blair falls short of what was needed… Bush says the US will ’seriously consider’ substantial long-term cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, but that’s like saying aid to Africa is a good thing then refusing to actually commit to donating a single dollar’

“Friends of the Earth said yesterday’s agreement was ‘weak and lacked substance’. It said all G8 countries except the US and Russia made a non-binding pledge to cut climate change-causing gases by at least half by 2050. Oxfam welcomed the progress at the G8 but added, ‘It is profoundly disappointing that some members, including the world’s leading polluter, the US, have failed to sign up to specific targets or even an indicative global stabilisation goal’.”Â

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