Gore: US Blocking Climate Talks Progress

[AlGore-08.com]

Source: Associated Press

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore on Wednesday accused the U.S. of blocking progress at U.N. climate talks in Bali but said a breakthrough was possible in the final days of the conference.

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"Some of the reports are worrisome, but I know from experience ... that when breakthroughs do occur, they usually happen in the last 48 hours," Gore told reporters in Sweden. "I hope there will be a change on the part of some countries, including most importantly my own, the United States."

The European Union and developing nations strongly favor specific target ranges for emissions, but the U.S. has argued strenuously at Bali that including such language in the final document would prejudice negotiations over the next two years.

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"I believe that the treaty should be completed in Copenhagen," Gore said, referring to the U.N. climate summit set to be held in the Danish capital in December 2009.

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[Lautremont]

1. The U.S. is blocking progress - no surprise. But so is Canada.

Very embarassing and shameful. I really don't like this Conservative government we've got at the moment. The Canadian people want something real achieved at this conference, so Gore might be right about last-minute progress.

[disndat]

2. Climate change

desperately needs a leader very strong at the helm, Mr. Gore, not someone couching from the sideline.

[ryanmuegge]

3. Exactly.

Especially not somebody who had their chance and did very little (outside of talk). Granted, Clinton was a large part of the general apathy toward energy and the environment during the '90s.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Unless the President is a literal puppet of the corporations,

the Vice-President's power is at the sole discretion of the President. The Cheney/Bush hierarchy of power is not the natural order of things, and certainly not the best for the nation.

Vice-President Al Gore did the best he could with what he had to work with, lukewarm support from President Clinton, rabid opposition from a Republican controlled Congress and a corporate media nursing their own injured pride and prejudice against Al Gore because he was the primary political champion of their chief competition; the Internet, which in turn posed a threat to the media's monopoly on information, information = money, power and influence.

[razzleberry]

5. the previous gov'ts did what, to enact the Kyoto treaty? n/t

[nam78_two]

6. K&R.nt

[goforit]

7. Well, thats an understatement!!!......HAARP sponsors at their best.

[Javaman]

8. I don't think anyone could have anticipated this!!! nt