Once again, a somewhat gullible Tony Blair has learned that the U.S. isn’t serious about tackling the problem of climate change:
The US has dismissed a suggestion from UK Prime Minister Tony Blair that it may be prepared to sign up to binding targets to tackle climate change.
Speaking at UN climate talks in Canada, the US chief negotiator said his nation would not enter talks about fixed curbs on emissions of greenhouse gases.
Mr Blair told UK business leaders on Tuesday that he believed all major nations would support new targets.
The Kyoto Protocol, the current global climate agreement, will expire in 2012.
I know, this isn’t exactly news. The Bush Administration won’t do anything that could challenge the business interests that support it, and, beyond that, it’s not even clear that high-ranking officials, including the president himself, even believe that climate change is a reality (let alone a real problem that ought to be dealt with in a serious, concerted way).
I’ve previously written about Bush, Blair, and climate change here, and I’ve got a bit more on this story here.