US rejects UN plea to cut gas emissions - The Age

Email Print Normal font Large font Washington has rejected pleas by UN chief Kofi Annan to cut greenhouse gas emissions and dismissed his charge that there is a "frightening lack of leadership" in fighting global warming. "We think that the United States has been leading in terms of its ground-breaking initiatives," Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, told reporters at the UN climate change conference in Nairobi. The US is the world's largest emitter of ...