A split between rich and poor nations in the run-up to climate-change talks widened on Thursday.As long as India and China refuse to go along (or are allowed not to go along) with the rest of the world, nothing other nations do to stop this fictional problem would have any meaning. It's silly to insist of proceeding.
India rejected key scientific findings on global warming, while the European Union called for more action by developing states on greenhouse gas emissions.
Jairam Ramesh, the Indian environment minister, accused the developed world of needlessly raising alarm over melting Himalayan glaciers.
He dismissed scientists’ predictions that Himalayan glaciers might disappear within 40 years as a result of global warming.
“We have to get out of the preconceived notion, which is based on western media, and invest our scientific research and other capacities to study Himalayan atmosphere,” he said.
“Science has its limitation. You cannot substitute the knowledge that has been gained by the people living in cold deserts through everyday experience.”
Mr Ramesh was also clear that India would not take on targets to cut its emissions, even though developed countries are asking only for curbs in the growth of emissions, rather than absolute cuts.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
India Says "No Thanks" to Globaloney Restrictions
The leaders in India appear to be smarter than our own Congress when it comes to global warming:
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