U.S. sinks Arctic accord due to climate change differences
Source: Reuters
Sustainable Business
May 7, 2019 / 6:48 AM / Updated an hour ago
Simon Johnson
ROVANIEMI, Finland (Reuters) - The United States has refused to sign an agreement on challenges in the Arctic due to discrepancies over climate change wording, diplomats said on Tuesday, jeopardizing cooperation in the polar region at the sharp edge of global warming.
Temperatures in the Arctic are rising at twice the rate of the rest of the globe, and melting ice has opened vast untapped oil and gas reserves to potential commercial exploitation.
A meeting of nations bordering the Arctic in Rovaniemi in northern Finland on Tuesday was supposed to frame a two-year agenda to balance the challenges of climate change with sustainable development of mineral wealth.
But Finland’s Foreign Minister Timo Soini said the joint declaration was “off the table” and would be replaced by a short statement from ministers attending the conference.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-arctic-council/u-s-sinks-arctic-accord-due-to-climate-change-differences-idUSKCN1SD143
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Addressing the Council, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said President Donald Trump’s administration “shares your deep commitment to environmental stewardship” in the Arctic. But he said collective goals were not always the answer.
“They are rendered meaningless and even counter-productive as soon as one nation fails to comply,” he said.
NO SHIT SHERLOCK............................they are meaningless, if and when some asshole spews the shit you spewed..................guess who failed to comply asshole............................
November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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he knew from the minute he went over there this filthy criminal band were not going to do it...................and all of the other countries should have just said stay home we will wait until after the next US election, you were here to do what you just did..................to disgrace everyone, like this is some game, maybe he wanted to get a free meal at our expense and the world .............................
