U.S. rejects German climate position: G8 draft
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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.
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Germany's defense minister rejected a U.S proposal to have NATO take over the U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan, saying Wednesday that his country wants to focus on stabilization.
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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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BERLIN -- The United States rejects the European Union's all-encompassing target on reduction of carbon emissions, President Bush's environmental adviser said yesterday.
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German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Security Juergen Trittin called on the United States to support international efforts in the protection of climate and ecology.
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ESSEN, Germany  - President George W. Bush's plan to combat climate change got a cool reception in Europe on Friday where the European Union's environment chief dismissed it as unambitious and "the classic U.S. line".
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The Bush administrationâs rejection of a German proposal set the stage for a battle at a Group of 8 meeting in June.
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Just days before hosting a Group of Eight summit that has already drawn violent protests, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday described President Bush's new initiative on global warming as "very welcome," but insisted it must fall within the framework of United Nations treaty negotiations.
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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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By DAVID STRINGER LONDON - 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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European nations on Thursday threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington accepts a range of numbers for negotiating deep reductions of global-warming emissions at a U.N. conference here.
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BUENOS AIRES - The United States resisted calls on Monday for talks on the Kyoto Protocol at an international conference here on climate change.
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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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Climate change is a global problem that requires unity and "multilateral" agreements if it is to be defeated, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday
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BERLIN -- Days before hosting a Group of Eight summit that has already drawn violent protests, German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday said she welcomed President Bush's initiative on global warming but insisted it must fall within the framework of United Nations treaty negotiations. Merkel made the comments during a news conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, who concurred ...
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Washington says it will not sign up to binding targets on climate change ahead of an already fraught G8 summit.
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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 comments on a document released by the environmental group Greenpeace.