Activists Blast US Climate Change Talks!
Climate change freaks at it again!
“POZNAN, Poland — Environmentalists criticized the United States and other rich countries Tuesday for failing so far to make meaningful commitments at a U.N. conference on climate change.
Some 190 countries are meeting in Poznan, Poland, for talks that are part of the attempt to reach a new climate-change treaty in the Danish capital of Copenhagen next year.
But activists warned of failure at the Poznan talks, which last through Dec. 12, saying industrialized countries are resisting setting long-term targets for cutting the emission of greenhouse gases unless developing countries make a similar sacrifice.
“We were quite disappointed in the negotiations that went on” because negotiators were “splitting hairs” on whether to adopt long-term goals to reduce emissions, said Savio Carvalho of Oxfam International.
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