G8 Summit 2007

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August 2007
- Washington: 'Do As I Say, Not As I Do'
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 12, 07 3:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - While Bush asks others to reduce emissions, Washington is promising to pay for a state-of-the-art oil refinery in India that will pump out 9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year. The Los Angeles Times says that this is only some of the smoke covering Washington’s tracks, as it backs energy and oil projects worldwide spewing out the equivalent of 30 million cars' worth of emissions. More »
June 2007
- Sarko Looks Blotto at G8
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 13, 07 9:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Vladimir Putin may have tested out some liquid diplomacy at the G8 summit. After a long meeting with the Russian leader, freshly elected French president Nicolas Sarkozy showed up late to a press conference and appeared inebriated, fumbling for words, giggling, and swaying at the podium. More »
- G8 Concludes with AIDS Pledge
  
  New York Times | Jun 8, 07 3:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Global leaders renewed their vow to spend $60 billion to help fight AIDS, TB, and malaria in Africa today as the G8 summit wrapped up. But they set no deadlines for delivering the relief, leading critics to question the pledge. "I think it is deliberately the language of obfuscation," U2 frontman Bono told the New York Times. More »
- Bush Suffers Stomach Ailment at G8
  
  UPI International | Jun 8, 07
  
  A stomach ailment Friday kept U.S. President George Bush from attending morning sessions of the Group of Eight in Heiligendamm, Germany. French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Bush in his room for an hour and later said, President Bush is slightly indisposed this morning and will rejoin the working meeting as soon as he can.
- G8 Agrees to 'Seriously Consider' 50% Reduction
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 7, 07 1:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - G8 leaders agreed to a climate-control deal today they hailed as a breakthrough, though it was unclear what it actually accomplished. They didn't adopt German Chancellor Angela Merkel's target of cutting emissions in half by 2050—already adopted by the EU, Canada and Japan—but they agreed to "seriously consider" it. More »
- At G8, Bush Hangs Tough on Greenhouse Gas Goals
  
  International Herald Tribune | Jun 6, 07 10:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The G8 summit convened today, with President Bush still holding out on long-term greenhouse gas emissions goals. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's proposal includes hard targets which would cut emissions in half by 2050 and limit global temperature change to an increase of 3.6 degrees F. The plan also includes a mandate to increase energy efficiency by 20% by 2020. More »
- Blair: I'll Talk Bush Into Emissions Agreement
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 6, 07 7:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Heading into his final G8 summit, Tony Blair is thinking big: He says he can persuade President Bush to agree to a UN-backed treaty to reduce carbon emissions by 50%, today's Guardian reports. Blair hopes to reach at least an agreement in principle, but officials fear negotiations will continue to the end of the talks without settling anything. More »
- Britain Pushes Bush to Set Climate Goal
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 5, 07 10:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The British environmental secretary will visit Washington in an effort to convince President Bush to set specific goals for carbon reduction at this week's G8 summit. David Miliband plans to encourage the US to agree to an emissions target by 2050 and to acknowledge the principle of carbon trading as the best market-based way of reducing emissions. More »
- Bush Tries to Calm Russian Fury Over Missile Shield
  
  Reuters | Jun 5, 07 9:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Russia has nothing to fear from a US missile shield in Eastern Europe, President Bush insisted in a speech in the Czech Republic today aimed at smoothing Vladimir Putin's ruffled feathers en route to the G8 summit. The Russian president threatened over the weekend to aim nuclear warheads at Europe in response to the US plan. More »
- Brazil Rejects Bush Climate Proposal
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 4, 07 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 a new international framework was a ruse to sidestep the UN, More »
- Europe Disses Bush Plan for Climate Change
  
  Der Spiegel | Jun 1, 07 7:55 AM CDT
  
  (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. More »
May 2007
- Bush Wants Global Plan on Emissions
  
  Associated Press | May 31, 07 3:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush offered a groundbreaking—if decidedly vague—call this morning for a global plan to combat climate change, continuing to reposition himself on the issue. Bush asked 15 nations, including the G8, China, and India, to create "long-term global goals” on emissions that will replace the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012. More »