Nordic nations sound alarm over melting Arctic

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http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL3166930620071031

OSLO (Reuters) - Nordic nations sounded the alarm on Wednesday about a quickening melt of Arctic ice and said the thaw might soon prove irreversible because of global warming.

Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland also urged all governments to agree before the end of 2009 a broader U.N. plan to curb greenhouse gases in succession to the Kyoto Protocol.

"The Arctic and the world cannot wait any longer," environment ministers from the five nations said in a joint statement after talks in Oslo. The five all have Arctic territories.

"The climate is hurtling towards a turning point after which irreversible processes will have been set in motion," they said of the Arctic thaw.

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[rodeodance]

1. Sen. Inohe will get right on it.

NOT

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3. Yeah, Nuke Norway jimbo!

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4. That's "INHOFE". Pronounced "inn-hoff".

Inouye ("Inohe") is one of our guys.

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2. Can you believe these whining liberals

If they only had conservative values they'd know that everything was a-okay!