| The U.S. continued to hold up progress at international climate talks
in The Hague, Netherlands, and it ended in an uproar with no agreements
or
treatys signed.
Delegates from many other nations want to work together to create, in
the words of French President Jacques Chirac, a "genuine instrument
of global governance" under which nations can tackle the worldwide
problem of climate change. But the U.S. is loathe to give up any
sovereignty over its economy, even though America produces far more
greenhouse gases per capita than other nations and even though these
gases are causing problems far beyond its borders. Will the U.S.
come to realize that global problems require global solutions? Read more on the Grist Magazine website. read it only in Grist Magazine: The latest on climate negotiations in The Hague -- by Bill McKibben http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/maindish/mckibben112200.stm A HARD DAY'S NYE Want more news from the climate talks? See Bill Nye the Science Guy in a webcast straight from The Hague. Go to the Grist homepage http ://www.gristmagazine.com". and click on Bill's handsome mug. |