Pave: Brown Europa

Le jour 308 de Sarko

I am convinced that we are going to bring the United States into Kyoto, even if it doesn't want to.

Serge Lepeltier,
then-Ministre de l'écologie et du développement durable,
declaring French resolve to bend America to its will
for a cleaner planet Earth
PARIS December 7, 2004 (AFP)

At the instigation of France and the United Kingdom, and with the wholehearted encouragement of the [EU] Commission, the European Union is showing the way by committing to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by a factor of four between now and 2050. ... We must build world environmental governance.

Then-Jack, Now Ex-Jack,
declaring even greater French resolve and
still greater EU leadership for a cleaner planet Earth
"Citoyens de la terre" : Conférence internationale de Paris
pour une gouvernance écologique mondiale
PARIS February 7, 2007 (Élysée)

Ah, if only Euro fancy talk were potted saplings, why, all that bad CO2 would be sponged up and everywhere would be blue skys and rainbows. [Pause.] Alas, Euro fancy talk ain't shinola.

EU - GOVERNMENTS, INDUSTRY
FORCE CONCESSIONS ON CLIMATE LAWS

BRUSSELS March 18, 2008 (AFP) - The European Union's leaders struck a blow for their heavy industries by pushing through concessions on the bloc's flagship laws on climate change.

After two days of at times acrimonious talks in Brussels, the 27- member union's highest politicians insisted that the EU's central body propose ways to protect polluting industries from unfair competition immediately - rather than waiting for a global deal.

... And the political agreement reached on Friday left aside a number of crucial points which look likely to be the subject of bitter debate before a final deal is approved.

... The commission's January proposal set out individual targets for each member state on how much they should reduce emissions and boost their use of clean energy. EU leaders did not even address that issue on Friday, leaving it to future summits in June and October.

It appears the first outlaw states of world environmental governance will be from the EU.

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