Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

September 5, 2008 8:44:31 PM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

« Back to the grid | Next story »

Gore Points Finger at US in Bali

Posted Dec 13, 07 9:03 AM CST in Politics,  World 

(Newser) – Al Gore’s latest inconvenient truth: the US is stonewalling the UN climate conference. “My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here,” the Nobel laureate raged today in Bali. The US, along with Japan and several other nations, refuses to accept a specific emissions-cutting target. The EU in turn is threatening to boycott next month’s US-hosted talks.

Seeing little hope of a Bush Administration about-face, Gore told the conference to move on without the US. “Over the next two years the United States is going to be somewhere it is not now,” he promised. “Save a large open space in your document.” The past 10 years were the hottest on record, the UN announced today.

Source New York Times

0 comments | Print E-mail | Digg Seed this on Newsvine Add this link to Del.icio.us StumbleUpon

Related Newser Stories

  • Gore's New Hard Truth: Nothing Is Changing

    Apr 21, 08 3:36 AM CDT
    Despite the impact of his movie, An Inconvenient Truth, the success of Live Earth concerts and news stories about melting ice caps, little has changed and action is needed more urgently than ever to stem global warming, Al Gore tells the Sun. The Nobel Prize-winning former vice president believes it's up to voters to demand their governments enact new legislation. More »

  • Bali: What Was Accomplished?

    Dec 16, 07 11:00 AM CST
    Bali: What Was Accomplished? Dismantling the “Berlin Wall of climate change”—the idea that rich nations alone should lead the fight against global warming—was the big breakthrough at the UN climate change conference in Bali, reports Time. It made it possible for the US, after a bruising confrontation and near-collapse of the talks, to finally endorse the agreement, ending nearly a decade of opposition to environmental responsibility. More »

  • Last-Minute US Compromise Saves Bali Talks

    Dec 15, 07 6:00 AM CST
    Last-Minute US Compromise Saves Bali Talks The Bali climate summit averted failure at the eleventh hour today when the US capitulated under sharp criticism and agreed to further talks to forge a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol in 2009 that will include the US and developing nations. The deal came after the US dropped opposition to a proposal that wealthy nations help developing countries reduce pollution. To assuage the US, mandatory and specific carbon limits were dumped from a proposal by the European Union. More »

  • Bali Eco Summit Nears Collapse

    Dec 13, 07 4:00 AM CST
    Bali Eco Summit Nears Collapse A face-off between American and European environment officials has pushed the Bali climate change talks to the breaking point, with United Nations officials warning that the summit could collapse "like a house of cards." Delegates in Bali are sharply divided over the guidelines for the next two years of formal talks on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which will establish new carbon caps for industrial nations. More »

  • UN Chief Issues Urgent Plea for Warming Battle Plan

    Dec 12, 07 3:55 AM CST
    UN Chief Issues Urgent Plea for Warming Battle Plan Citing a "desperate urgency," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon environmental ministers from over 120 nations to forge a new battle plan against climate change by 2009. The new treaty would attempt to improve on the Kyoto Protocol by including every country, and serve as a "roadmap to a more secure climate future," said Ban, who called such action the "moral challenge of our generation." More »

Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore addresses the UN Climate Conference Thursday Dec. 13, 2007 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Adding to pressure on the United States, Gore said in his address that the US...   (Associated Press)
Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore addresses the UN Climate Conference Thursday Dec. 13, 2007 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Adding to pressure on the United States, Gore said in his address that the US...   (Associated Press)
Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore waves as he arrives at the U.N. Climate Change Conference Thursday Dec. 13, 2007, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Gore addressed the meeting Thursday evening. (AP Photo/Ed...   (Associated Press)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
Our editors also recommend:

Threads (1 of 4)

Tags

Bush administration  • climate change  • global warming  • United Nations  • European Union  • Al Gore  • Kyoto Protocol  • Bali


Loading...

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

Today's Most Popular


Other World Stories

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »