Archive for December 8th, 2007

The Summit Vs. The Santas

by: Jason Haber December 8, 2007

 
Stephen Castle of the International Herald Tribune reports, “Intended to bolster Europe’s influence in Africa, a summit meeting between leaders from the two continents was dominated Saturday by tensions over trade and direct criticism from European leaders of human rights violations in Zimbabwe.”
This is the first summit in 7 years between the African countries and […]

Update from Bali: `Roadmap’ May Call for 25-40% Emissions Cuts

by: Jason Haber December 8, 2007

Developed countries may be asked to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by as much as 40 percent by 2020 as part of a negotiating mandate for a new global climate change treaty, said a United Nations official overseeing talks in Bali, according to Bloomberg.
The conservative Wall Street Journal doesn’t think much of the conference.

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