Half by 2050
July8
G-8 leaders pledge to cut emissions in half by 2050
Translation: “Great, I don’t have to do anything about this while I’m still in office.”
G-8 leaders pledge to cut emissions in half by 2050
Translation: “Great, I don’t have to do anything about this while I’m still in office.”
Better a uselessly vague, unenforceable, too-little-too-late declaration of intent by outgoing lame-duck politicians than nothing, right?
Hard to say. I realize Bush isn’t going to budge on this, but if inking a stupid declaration like this removes some pressure from other leaders to commit to something better, then it’s bad.
[...] UPDATE: nthier, over at the Critical Brain Candy blog has a great one line summary of the whole G8 statement: “Great, I don’t have to do anything about this while I’m still in office.“ [...]
I look forward to see