Al Gore Lambasts US Climate Obstructions

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Al Gore Lambasts US Climate Obstructions
by Nico Hines


Al Gore, the former US Vice-President, launched a very public attack on Washington today blaming American officials for the failure of this week’s United Nations climate change conference.1213 05

The United States refused to sign up to emissions targets as the Bali conference on global warming limped to an acrimonious conclusion today.

Mr Gore, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year for his work on climate change, was clear in his denunciation of President Bush’s attitude.

“I am not an official and I am not bound by diplomatic niceties. So I am going to speak an inconvenient truth: my own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali,” he said, to the applause of delegates.

“You can feel anger and frustration and direct it at the United States of America. Or you can make a second choice, you can decide to move forward and do all of the difficult work that needs to be done and save a large open blank space in our document and put a footnote by it.”

Kevin Rudd, the new Prime Minister of Australia, overturned his predecessor’s policy and signed up to the Kyoto Protocol within days of entering office. Mr Gore is hoping that the next occupant of the White House will implement a similarly decisive change.

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