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  • Greens Say Earth Summit 'Fallen Dramatically Short'

    09/02/2002 5:59:09 PM PDT · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 21 replies · 186+ views
    CNSNews ^ | 9/2/02 | Marc Morano
    There is a growing consensus here among observers that the Earth Summit has "fallen dramatically short" of achieving any meaningful results. Also, President Bush is named as part of an "unholy trinity Behind Global Warming and Forest Destruction." The World Wildlife Fund declared over the weekend "Leadership is needed to save Johannesburg Earth Summit." The Fund accused the summit of reaching agreements on only two issues, marine ecology and the management of industrial chemicals. The group said the "economic interests of the rich [were] being put before poor people and the environment." Dr. Claude Martin, the director general of the...