US rejects all of Germany's G8 Climate Goals

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Posted by HardTranceProd on May-25-2007 19:18:

US rejects all of Germany's G8 Climate Goals

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...icle1841425.ece

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The United States appears to have rejected out of hand Germany�s bid to agree global cuts in carbon emissions at the G8 summit next month, according to the Reuters news agency.

Berlin's goals for the meeting in Heiligendamm include a G8 commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions to half of 1990 levels by 2050.

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has already appeared gloomy about the prospects of a deal, saying yesterday that preliminary talks at the EU-Russia summit and in meetings with other G8 members had been difficult.

Today it appeared that Ms Merkel's pessimism was justified, as Reuters reported that it had seen a copy of the US's uncompromising comments, written in red ink on the draft statement of the summit's aims.