U.S. rejects German climate position - G8 draft

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) - 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 the meeting.

"The U.S. still has serious, fundamental concerns about this draft statement," it said in red ink comments at the start of a copy of the communique seen by Reuters.

G8 president Germany wants the meeting in the resort of Heiligendamm from June 6-8 to agree targets and timetables for cuts in global warming emissions and increases in energy efficiency in transport and power generation.

"The treatment of climate change runs counter to our overall position and crosses multiple 'red lines' in terms of what we simply cannot agree to," the U.S. comments continued.

"This document is called FINAL, but we never agreed to any of the climate language present in the document.

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[Zywiec]

1. Est tut mir leid, aber targets and timetables are not allowed

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Can the U.S. unilaterally hold up the implementation of the G8 decisions if all other countries

vote for remediation with respect to climate change?

[razzleberry]

3. not if the G7 takes the proper action,

and becomes the G7

[acmavm]

4. Oh, big surprise.

:sarcasm:

[hatrack]

5. Yeah, shocking, huh?

:puke:

[Lurking Dem]

6. "Saving the planet is not on our agenda."

Fuckers.

[Judi Lynn]

7. U.S. rejects German proposal to cut carbon emissions

May 25, 2007, 11:57PM
U.S. rejects German proposal to cut carbon emissions


By HELENE COOPER and ANDREW C. REVKIN
New York Times

WASHINGTON — The United States has rejected Germany's proposal for deep, long-term cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, setting the stage for a battle that will pit President Bush against his European allies at next month's meeting of the world's richest countries.

In unusually harsh language, Bush administration negotiators took issue with the German draft of the communique for the summit meeting of the Group of 8 industrialized nations, complaining that the proposal "crosses multiple red lines in terms of what we simply cannot agree to."

"We have tried to tread lightly but there is only so far we can go given our fundamental opposition to the German position," the U.S. response said.

Germany, backed by Britain and Japan, has proposed cutting global greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, who will host the summit meeting in the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm next month, has been pushing hard to get the Group of 8 to take significant action on climate change.

More:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4837678.html