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Europe Disses Bush Plan for Climate Change

Posted Jun 1, 07 7:55 AM CDT in World,  Science & Health 

(Newser) – The new Bush plan to combat climate change is being received with skepticism in Europe, where it is seen as a bid to outfox German Chancellor Angela Merkel and torpedo more radical proposals she will unveil at the G-8 Summit. Germany's Der Spiegel and Britain's Guardian both say the US is cynically resisting a concrete emissions reduction deal.

The Bush plan calls for the 15 biggest producers of greenhouse gases to set unspecified long-term goals for reducing emissions. Germany wants specific and more immediate targets set. Tension has been mounting between the US and Germany in the run-up to the G-8 summit next week.

Source Der Spiegel

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President Bush speaks about international development, Thursday, May 31, 2007, during an address at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, ahead of next week's Group of Eight Summit. (AP Photo/Charles...   (Associated Press)
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