U.S. Rejects G-8 Climate Proposal
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U.S. officials have raised a second round of unusually bluntly worded objections to a proposed global-warming declaration that Germany prepared for next month's Group of Eight summit, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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The US has "fundamental concerns" at German plans to curb G8 emissions, a leaked document shows.
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The United States stood firm in rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on global warming despite renewed pressure to yield after Russia ended years of hesitation by moving to ratify the treaty.
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The United States made a dramatic reversal Saturday, first rejecting and then accepting a compromise to set the stage for intense negotiations in the next two years aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions worldwide.
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The United States, considered an environmental laggard by its critics, is unlikely to sign any new pacts on climate change at a key environmental meeting this month, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
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The Bush administration played down the U.S. contribution to world climate change on Friday and called for a "global discussion" after a U.N. report blamed humans for much of the warming over the past 50 years.
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The United States rejected Saturday a proposal by developing nations to clarify their responsibilities on controlling greenhouse gas emissions, further blocking agreement on a plan to launch negotiations for a new global warming pact.
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A world plan to fight global warming goes into force on Wednesday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia.
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Senior US lawmakers have expressed deep concern in a letter to President George W. Bush over reports the United States seeks to weaken a G8 declaration on climate change.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said in an interview published Wednesday that the American position on climate change was &quot;on the move&quot; and anything less than a global deal on cuts in carbon emissions at an upcoming G8 summit would be a failure.
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House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged President George W. Bush on Monday to forge a compromise with other G8 countries on plans to fight climate change at a summit in Germany next week.
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BERLIN, Jun 4 (IPS) - Legislators from the G8 countries -- Britain,  France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada, United States and Russia  -- are hoping against hope that an historic breakthrough on  climate change will be achieved at the Heiligendamm summit this  week.
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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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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 Bush administration has rejected binding treaties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in favor of voluntary reductions by industry, a policy that will prove even costlier in the long run, according to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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The United States rejects the European Union's all-encompassing target on reduction of carbon emissions, President Bush's environmental adviser said Tuesday.
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Eight nations with Arctic territory agreed Wednesday to fight glacial melting and other effects of climate change in the region, though they declined to endorse any new steps