Gore Eclipses Bush At Bali Conference - Shadow US Delegation Watchful For "Fast One" From ChimpCo

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The official U.S. delegation to the United Nations- sponsored Bali talks will probably continue Bush's opposition to mandatory emissions curbs and preference for voluntary measures. Bush leaves office in January 2009, before a new accord will be ready.

Anticipating the post-Bush diplomatic era, a shadow delegation of American business and political leaders will advocate mandatory limits. The conference opening today and running two weeks is intended to help set the stage for more than two years of negotiations on a treaty that would replace the emissions-limiting Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012. Bush walked away from the Kyoto accord in 2001 without offering an alternative.

The unofficial U.S. group in Bali will include the former Vice President Gore, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change, and Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, whom Bush defeated for re-election in 2004. Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who favors limits and the trading of carbon-emission credits, may also attend.

``Clearly, the U.S. position is much more advanced than the White House position,'' says economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York and a special adviser to the UN. ``They are there in case the White House really does try to pull a fast one because there's so little trust.''

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aBARyx.q9pm4&refer=us

[marmar]

1. Shadow US delegation - I love it!

A rapid bullshit response team! ..... Stephane Dillone (sp?), the Liberal Party leader in Canada, is there to do the same to the creepy Stephen Harper.

[tridim]

2. Screw the corporate media, make this group the 4th branch!

At some point we just need to admit that the media has failed and move on.

[blm]

5. Yes - and thank you Sen. Kerry and Boxer.

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[aquart]

3. Clearly, the U.S. position is much more advanced than the White House position,''

Wry.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Who in their right mind would trust thiis administration!!!????