US jeopardises climate change deal
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Americans call for targets to be made voluntary, with stalemate looking increasingly likely
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The United States showed no signs of budging in its opposition to the Kyoto protocol on Monday as UN climate change talks began, a month after President
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The United States has rejected Germany's bid to get the Group of Eight to agree to tough cuts in climate warming carbon emissions, according to a draft of the communique to be presented to next month's meeting.
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Environmentalists reject US claims that it is doing as much to curb global warming as Kyoto deal nations.
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"United States does have serious concerns about other aspects of the decision as we begin the negotiations"  World climate negotiators set a 2009 deadline Saturday for a landmark treaty to fight global warming after two weeks of intense haggling led to a climbdown by an isolated United States. via New Straits Times
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The Kyoto Protocol that aims to slow down global warming takes effect but the US remains outside it.
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THE US stood firm in rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on global warming yesterday despite renewed pressure to yield after Russia ended years of hesitation by moving to ratify the treaty.
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US criticised by Germany and China, but minister says emissions wrangle 'should not overshadow progress'
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The United States has raised new serious objections to a proposed global warming declaration prepared by Germany for next month&#39;s Group of Eight summit, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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The European Union is seeking new agreements with the US to slow climate change apart from the Kyoto Protocol that President George W. Bush withdrew from.
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A top US negotiator said Friday he was optimistic a UN conference on climate change in Bali would eventually reach a deal, despite a logjam with the European Union.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 15 -- The United States, under a barrage of criticism from developing countries, agreed today to accept a framework for future climate change talks that would compel industrialized countries to provide measurable technological and financial aid to lesser-off nations if they...
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States will refuse to agree to targets and timetables for cutting greenhouse gases at a summit of the Group of Eight starting on Wednesday, a senior adviser to President George W. Bush said.
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US will consider G8 deal to cut emissions by 50%.
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The United States is preparing to reject new targets on climate change at a Group of Eight summit next month, dashing German and British hopes for a new global pact on carbon emissions, according to a document released by environmentalists.
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The US defends its decision not to sign up to the Kyoto climate change treaty with an attack on Europe's record.
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The United States has rejected Germany's bid to get the Group of Eight to agree tough cuts in climate warming carbon emissions, according to a draft of the communique to be presented to the meeting.