"The session, organized by President Bush.... the declaration helped set the stage for the next American president.... Bush claimed success.... trying to salvage his legacy on climate change.... This is an enormous movement for [the] man.... he is leading the way."
Unbelievable. She must have a good pair of lungs to suck so hard!
"In Japan, emerging powers back G-8 goal on climate change; Nations pledge reduction of greenhouse gases" by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times News Service | July 10, 2008
RUSUTSU, Japan - Calling climate change "one of the great global challenges of our time," the world's richest nations and emerging powers joined together yesterday for the first time to commit themselves to long-range cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions, but were split on how to achieve that goal.
The declaration grew out of an unprecedented meeting that brought together 16 nations and the European Union - a group dubbed the "major economies" - around the issue of global warning. The session, organized by President Bush, took place on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, where leaders of the so-called Group of 8 wealthy nations wrapped up three days of meetings yesterday.
On Tuesday, the Group of 8 pledged to "move toward a carbon-free society" by cutting emissions of heat-trapping gases in half by 2050.
PFFFFFFFFFTTTTT!
Oh, I'm sorry, I just added to the problem!
But poorer countries, led by China and India, refused to sign onto that goal. They said they are holding out until rich nations like the United States take more aggressive steps to cut pollution over the next decade.
That fissure prevented the countries from "reaching any meaningful understanding," said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists. But another observer, Phillip Clapp of the Pew Environmental Group, said the declaration helped set the stage for the next American president to grapple with climate change when the United Nations conducts negotiations on a binding treaty in Copenhagen in 2009.
Bush claimed success. "In order to address climate change, all major economies must be at the table," he said before flying back to Washington. "And that's what took place today."
Reminds me of the meal AND flight Gordy Brown took:
"He arrived on a plane chartered from Texas, America, which had to fly empty for thousands of miles to pick up the Prime Minister and his entourage."
After a while, you get tired of the hypocrisy and just realize they are lying about everything -- and the NYT helps them do it!
Bush is trying to salvage his legacy on climate change
"This is an enormous movement for a man who questioned the science on global warming, who was opposed to international treaties, and who was opposed to international targets," said Clapp, a frequent critic of the president's policies. "Here he is leading the way trying to get a global target. He's gotten the developing countries to acknowledge there should be a global goal."
Yeah, we KNOW what all this is about: GLOBAL GOVERNMENT by shit-spewing elites!
Beyond climate change, the three-day meeting tackled issues including rising food and energy prices, aid to Africa, and the political crisis in Zimbabwe.
Debate over the Beijing Olympics bubbled up on the sidelines, as Bush, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan all said they would attend the opening ceremonies - a move that drew criticism from human rights advocates.
But MUCH LESS from the AmeriKan MSM!
"Yeah, right. Tibet. Human rights. Sure. Whatever." -- Mike Rivero of What Really Happened
After Bush met with Prime Minister Hu Jintao of China yesterday, Hu thanked the president, saying, "I highly appreciated that President Bush has on various occasions expressed his opposition to politicizing the Olympic games."
Bush, for his part, said he did not "need the Olympics to talk candidly" with China. What he really wants, he said, is to see the US-China basketball game. "If you could help me get a ticket," he told Hu, "I'd appreciate it."
Sigh!
What is there to really say about this JACKASS of an EMBARRASSMENT?!?
But climate change dominated the agenda. Although the meeting put the United States on record for the first time as embracing a specific long-term goal, environmentalists said that the declaration by the G-8 did not go far enough.
Please see: Climate Change Cover at G-8
"Major economies meeting turns into major embarrassment meeting for G8," the WWF, formerly the World Wildlife Fund, said in a statement.
Together, the countries that issued the declaration are responsible for more than 80 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists have said are warming the planet.--MORE--"
Sigh. More prop spew!
Please see: Global Warming a Natural Occurrence
The Expanding Arctic Ice Sheet?
Global Cooling?
Global Warming = Longer Colder Winters
Global Warming and MSM Censorship
