Copenhagen: US, China clash in climate ping-pong 12/13/2009

Copenhagen: US, China clash in climate ping-pong 12/13/2009 COPENHAGEN — They sang each other’s praises in the run up to the Copenhagen climate summit, but China and the United States traded sharp barbs in a superpower standoff that has helped set the UN talks on edge. On key issues ranging from how to share out the burden of slashing greenhouse gases, whether such efforts should be independently verified, or if the United States owes developing countries — including China — a “climate debt,” the world’s two largest carbon polluters were at loggerheads. “The atmosphere seems .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091213com3.html

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