Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing

May 24, 2008 By JOSEPH COLEMAN, Associated Press Writer Leaders told battle to stem global warming slowing (AP)

G-8 Environment ministers, from left John Baird, of Canada, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet , of France, Matthias Machnig, of Germany, Stefania Prestigiacomo, of Italy, Ichiro Kamoshita, of Japan, Semen levi, deputy minister of Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia, Hilary Benn, of Britain, Stephen Johnson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Jos Delbeke, deputy director general of EU, pose during a photo session of the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting in Kobe, western Japan, on Saturday, May 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

(AP) -- The world is losing momentum in the battle against global warming, the U.N. climate chief warned on Saturday, urging environmental ministers from wealthy nations to revive the effort by setting clear targets for reducing greenhouse gases.



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    What are these people smoking? Don't they read any scientific reports (except the IPCC fiction)?If not,what are they doing in the positions they hold?

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