Developing Economies Don't Back G-8 Emissions Goal
A day after the G-8 set a goal of halving heat-trapping emissions that contribute to global warming by 2050, a US-led, 17-member group including developing nations issued a final statement: "We support a shared vision for long-term cooperative action, including a long-term global goal for emission reductions, that assures growth, prosperity, and other aspects of sustainable development," though stopped short of supporting the 50 percent reduction by 2050. Add a Comment
A day after the G-8 set a goal of halving heat-trapping emissions that contribute to global warming by 2050, a US-led, 17-member group including developing nations issued a final statement: "We support a shared vision for long-term cooperative action, including a long-term global goal for emission reductions, that assures growth, prosperity, and other aspects of sustainable development," though stopped short of supporting the 50 percent reduction by 2050. Add a Comment
I'm sending around an apology card for everyone to sign — it seems a lot of us have been selling Bush short. In an editorial opinion from the Wall Street Journal (newly purchased by Rupert Murdoch) Bush’s 
The G-8 Summit gets underway in Hakkaido, Japan today; a three-day meeting of the leaders of the eight countries invited, plus a representative of the European Union.
Grown from the concept of a forum of the major industrialized democracies after the 1973 oil crisis, more have been invited until 1997 when the last member, Russia, was invited at the initiative of then US President Bill Clinton.
The guest list is at the 
