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US out to scuttle G8 bid for new climate deal
May 23 2007, Irani

The United States, despite being a major polluting nation, is planning to pour cold water on the plan to push for a new deal which will succeed the Kyoto Protocol at next month’s Group of Eight summit in Germany.

Washington apparently wants to delete...

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