U.S. insists it supports U.N. on climate

[Leo 9]

Source: REUTERS UK

U.S. insists it supports U.N. on climate
Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:01am BST

By Deborah Zabarenko and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States insisted on Thursday it was serious about global warming and tried to reassure sceptics that President George W. Bush's gathering of major polluting nations would not undermine U.N. efforts.

But some participants and environmentalists were unconvinced, voicing concern that Washington was trying to rally support for voluntary emissions cuts rather than the mandatory reductions called for in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

"I want to stress that the United States takes climate change very seriously, for we are both a major economy and a major emitter," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said at the start of the two-day conference.

"Climate change is a global problem and we are contributing to it," Rice said. "Therefore, we are prepared to expand our leadership to address the challenge."

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[LakeSamish706]

1. Another damn lie from this moron.... What did they do to Kyoto?

They don't support anything at all to do with Climate, other than destroying it...

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Ever read the book

People of the Lie?

He's one of them.