US accepts Earth is warming in bid to avert clash

“Climate change is a serious and long-term challenge … There is now strong evidence that significant global warming is occurring and that human activity is contributing to this warming.”

That’s the statement the U.S. administration can’t accept. So they come back with their own statement that makes no real connection between human activities and global warming and NO limitations on emissions. It’s no wonder really when Stanford University has a U.S. $225 million 10 year contract with ExxonMobil and other energy giants to study global climate change… no conflicting interests there!! I submitted this article because there is a lot happening right now in the world that affects us all, in particular, tens of millions of children and yet there seems to be a lack of attention, a lack of urgency.

Senior officials from G8 countries were last night locked in intensive talks on climate change and details of aid for Africa at a London meetinglaying the ground for next week’s Gleneagles summit.
Environmental campaigners warned that US intransigence would prevent agreement on meaningful action to tackle global warming, despite a statement from the White House implying that its position was closer to other G8 states than had previously been thought.

The meeting of top civil servants, which continues today, began as Tony Blair promised to push the conflict in the Middle East towards the top of theagenda for the summit. The G8 leaders will arrive in Scotland on Wednesday.

The prime minister has set aside extra time to discuss the Middle East peace process because recent developments have created a “very, very fragile” atmosphere of hope in the region, he said, referring to the beginning of Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
“I hope – but I can’t yet be sure – that there will be a specific initiative on the Israel/Palestine issue,” he told reporters at a press conferencein London. “I have set aside time within the summit now to do this, because there are developments over the past two days that make…

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