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CommentsGreen Fury As Britain Welcomes Rio Summit’s ‘Epic Failure’Posted by Guest Column on Jun 20, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Furious Greenpeace moves to 'war footing' at Rio+20 Green NGOs and charities claim that the text produced by the Rio+20 negotiators from 193 countries is so weak as to be almost worthless. Jim Leape, international director general of WWF, hoped that today’s document would be renegotiated: “It’s pathetic. It’s appalling. If this becomes the final text the last year has been a colossal waste of time.” Friends of the Earth are even stronger in their disapproval, calling the plans “an epic failure”. But in a briefing to UK journalists Ms Spelman argued that the text was as good as any outcome agreed by 193 countries could be – and she expects it to now be rubber-stamped by the world leaders.—Tom Whipple, The Times, 20 June 2012[Registration Required] More...Post a Comment on: Green Fury As Britain Welcomes Rio Summit’s ‘Epic Failure’Commenting is not available in this channel entry. Next entries comments: National Defense Authorization Act Previous entries comments: The People’s Vote.com Note from the Editor: This section is for comments from readers of canadafreepress.com. Please don't assume that Canada Free Press agrees with or endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose his or her posting privilege. |
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