Leaked G8 Statement Rubbishes Blairs Green Claims
The United States has rejected Germany's bid to get the Group of Eight to agree to tough cuts in climate warming carbon emissions, according to a draft of the communique to be presented to next month's meeting. One of Blair’s most spurious and unlikely "legacy aspirations" - that he would magically persuade the Texan Oil Junta to change tack - is down the pan.
German friend of 1820 Daniel Mittler from Greenpeace has leaked an internal document from the G8 negotiations. As he says; “The bluntness of the White House is sometimes truly inspiring.”
The original is a MS Word document with track changes revealing edits by the Bush administration which you can see here...
Greenpeace says: “On May 24th, German Chancellor Merkel sheepishly admitted that the G8 may not agree on how to deal with climate change when they meet in Heiligendamm from June 6th-8th. She had probably been reading the US comments on the G8 climate document. Merkel prides herself on getting on with Bush. But like Bush’s friend Blair, she was wrong to hope that Bush would change his oil-trenched mind on climate change. It doesn’t make it better of course, but this is a classic case of told you so.”
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