[lbo-talk] First example of what we're in for

Jon Johanning jjohanning at igc.org
Wed Nov 3 21:04:54 PST 2004


U.S. Wants No Warming Proposal

Administration Aims to Prevent Arctic Council Suggestions

By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 4, 2004; Page A13

The Bush administration has been working for months to keep an upcoming eight-nation report from endorsing broad policies aimed at curbing global warming, according to domestic and foreign participants, despite the group's conclusion that Arctic latitudes are facing historic increases in temperature, glacial melting and abrupt weather changes.

State Department representatives have argued that the group, which has spent four years examining Arctic climate fluctuations, lacks the evidence to prepare detailed policy proposals. But several participants in the negotiations, all of whom requested anonymity for fear of derailing the Nov. 24 report, said officials from the eight nations and six indigenous tribes involved in the effort had ample science on which to draft policy.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23541-2004Nov3.html



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