EU Threatens to Boycott US Climate Talks

[KewlKat]

Source: AP

BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- European nations on Thursday threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington accepts a range of numbers for negotiating deep reductions of global-warming emissions at a U.N. conference here.

The move raised the stakes as delegates from nearly 190 nations entered final-hour talks on Bali aimed at launching negotiations for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.

The United States, Japan and several other governments refuse to accept language in a draft document suggesting that industrialized nations consider cutting emissions by 25 percent to 40 percent by 2020, saying specific targets would limit the scope of future talks.

The European Union and others say the figures reflect the measures scientists say are needed to rein in global warming and head off predictions of rising sea levels, worsening floods and droughts, and the extinction of plant and animal species.



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We need to get onboard and quit denying there is no global warming!

[Double T]

1. There is NO NEED to meet with the US while bushco is still in power.......

as NOTHING will be accomplished except MORE frustration. Boycott away EU.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "You are either with us, or against us." - Commander AWOL

"And we unquestioningly support Massive Oil Corporation profitor. End of negotiations."

- Commander AWOL

[dapper]

3. I don't think Bush will wake up to this...

It would put a damper on his oil buddies.

Dap

[pleah]

4. Environment over oil, don't be rediculous.

[Javaman]

5. if any of the european powers had guts they should have

launched a political embargo years ago, but at least, if they actually do this, it's a start.

then they should lift it when a dem gets in power. I think the point will be taken. lol