If this report from The Observer is correct, then George Bush is set to do a u-turn on global warming:
"George Bush is preparing to make a historic shift in his position on global warming when he makes his State of the Union speech later this month, say senior Downing Street officials.
Tony Blair hopes that the new stance by the United States will lead to a breakthrough in international talks on climate change and that the outlines of a successor treaty to the Kyoto agreement, the deal to curb emissions of greenhouse gases which expires in 2012, could now be thrashed out at the G8 summit in June.
The timetable may explain why Blair is so keen to remain in office until after the summit, with a deal on protecting the planet offering an appealing legacy with which to bow out of Number 10."
With Australia and the US being 2 principal nations which have held out on ratifying the Kyoto agreement, if George Bush does his alleged u-turn, what will little "me too" John Howard do? More interestingly, how will he try and dress up his almost certain change of heart too?
"George Bush is preparing to make a historic shift in his position on global warming when he makes his State of the Union speech later this month, say senior Downing Street officials.
Tony Blair hopes that the new stance by the United States will lead to a breakthrough in international talks on climate change and that the outlines of a successor treaty to the Kyoto agreement, the deal to curb emissions of greenhouse gases which expires in 2012, could now be thrashed out at the G8 summit in June.
The timetable may explain why Blair is so keen to remain in office until after the summit, with a deal on protecting the planet offering an appealing legacy with which to bow out of Number 10."
With Australia and the US being 2 principal nations which have held out on ratifying the Kyoto agreement, if George Bush does his alleged u-turn, what will little "me too" John Howard do? More interestingly, how will he try and dress up his almost certain change of heart too?
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