Friday, September 28, 2007

FT.com / World - Washington changes its tune on climate

Condi Rice concedes on global warming.  I think it's a mistake, but typical of the Bush administration to give in to critics and then try to be in favor of responsible change that balances the interests of the economy and the environment.  Nothing they do will ever be good enough.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9fe5b5aa-6d33-11dc-ab19-0000779fd2ac.html

The world must cut emissions or sacrifice the planet, Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state, told a meeting of governments on Thursday, in the most strongly worded statement on global warming yet made by the US administration.

She told representatives of 16 governments gathered for talks on climate change in Washington: "It is our responsibility as global leaders to forge a new international consensus on how to solve climate change . . . If we stay on our present path, we face an unacceptable choice: either we sacrifice global economic growth to secure the health of our planet or we sacrifice the health of our planet to continue with fossil-fuelled growth."

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