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European nations may boycott climate talks in Hawaii
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Dec 15, 2007 12:16am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Honolulu Advertiser |
| News Date | Saturday, December 15, 2007 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | European nations threatened yesterday to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks next month in Honolulu unless the Bush administration compromises and agrees to a "road map" for reducing greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
Throughout a week of negotiations on the island of Bali, Bush administration officials have steadily resisted a United Nations proposal calling on industrialized countries to accept a goal of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 25 to 40 percent by 2020.
In retaliation, several European officials said they may not attend the next installment of the White House-sponsored "major economies meeting" on global warming set for Honolulu.
Delegates to the U.N.-sponsored talks in Bali burst into applause last night when former vice president Al Gore blamed the Bush administration for jeopardizing the negotiations and alluded to the end of Bush's term in office in just over a year.
While some U.S. supporters, such as Canada and Japan, have backed the administration's negotiating stance, America's European allies were making a concerted effort to distance themselves. |
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