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Brazil Rejects Bush Climate Proposal

US plan not a viable alternative to Kyoto accord, says Lula

By Ben Worthen,  Newser User

Posted Jun 4, 2007 6:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – Brazil's president bluntly dismissed the climate-change plan offered by George Bush last week as "voluntarism" in a situation where "multinationalism" is needed. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose fast-developing country is critical to any international deal on emissions cuts, said the proposal for...   Read full story »

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