G-8 leaders agree on climate change

AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/7/07 | Claudia Kemmer - ap

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G8: http://www.g-8.de

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Police used water cannons to turn back thousands of demonstrators who rushed the seven-mile fence surrounding the summit site..
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Hmmm? I wonder how long it took them to build a seven-mile fence ? ;-)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, gestures as she greets U.S. President George W. Bush during arrivals at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, Thursday June 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

[Red Badger]

Climate talks will begin within the U.N. framework with a meeting of environment ministers at a U.N. climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, in December.< P> UN-necessary........

[edcoil]

Guess they all figured out how to tax and make money from this scam.

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President Bush, left, reaches out to shake hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin after talking to reporters after their meeting at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, Thursday June 7, 2007 (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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A spectator is held aloft during the music festival 'Deine Stimme gegen Armut' (Your voice against poverty) during the G8 summit in Rostock, Germany, Thursday June 7, 2007. Campaigners like U2 lead singer Bono, Sir Bob Geldof and local acts perform against poverty.The leaders of the G8 nations hold their annual summit in the historic Heiligendamm sea resort on June 6-8, 2007. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

[Cementjungle]

President Bush, left, reaches out to shake hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin

I hope they checked him for radiation poisoning.

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G8 leaders pose for the summit official photograph in Heiligendamm, June 7, 2007. (Jim Young/Reuters)

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Guess they all figured out how to tax and make money from this scam.

I'll drink to that! ;-)

CAPTION CLARIFICATION - REISSUING TO CLARIFY THAT PRESIDENT BUSH IS DRINKING A NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER. U.S. President George W. Bush enjoys a non-alcoholic beer before an official dinner in Heiligendamm June 7, 2007. Leaders from the world's major industrialised nations meet in the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm on June 6-8 for a Group of Eight (G8) summit. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (GERMANY)

[Adder]

Global agreement:

A: “Sure is hot, ain’t it?

W: “Yup”

A: “Windy, too.”

W: “Yup”

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a 'Clinton bridge' to the future moment?

G8 leaders walk along a sea bridge in Heiligendamm, June 7, 2007. Pictured are (L-R) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. President George W. Bush, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. REUTERS/Jim Young (GERMANY)

100 EUros to the first one to jump in ..

[AmericaUnited]

and cited a goal of a 50 percent cut by 2050

The smart ones know that global defrauding will be seen as a lame joke in 10 years time, just as the ice-age scares of the 70's.

[vetsvette]

I wonder if there has ever been a modern politician that possessed any common sense.

[Colonel_Flagg]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who shepherded the deal as chair of the G-8 summit in this seaside resort in northern Germany, called it "very great progress and an excellent result." With Bush resisting concrete cuts, it had appeared Merkel's summit would fall short of her goal of a substantial deal on climate change.

I thought the good Kanzler was supposed to be conservative.

[wjcsux]

I wonder if there has ever been a modern politician that possessed any common sense.
Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo are the only two I can think of.

[NormsRevenge]

Maybe it’s a good time after all to look at buying into the coal and nuclear power industries ? ;-)

[goodnesswins]

Thanks for posting that....you’re right.....this is just political COVER......

[spald]

The U.S. signed the treaty but did not ratify it because it did not apply to developing countries such as China and India.

As I recall, Algore (then VP of USA) signed the treaty (who had no constitutional provision for the executive branch to sign treaties) and then Clinton submitted the treaty to the Senate for confirmation. Failed 93-0.