<![CDATA[G8 Leaders Endorse 50% Emmisions Cut, but With No Specific Targets]]>

1.0 link 111345 <![CDATA[G8 Leaders Endorse 50% Emmisions Cut, but With No Specific Targets]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-ritz/g8-leaders-endorse-50-emm_b_111345.html The 2008 G8 Summit has ended with an agreement among the principals to endorse cutting greenhouse gas emissions fifty percent by 2050. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, host of the meeting, added a request that countries reduce their mid-term greenhouse gas emissions prior to standards being set.

The G8 rich countries said on Tuesday they want to work with the nearly 200 states involved in U.N. climate change talks to adopt a goal of at least halving greenhouse gas emissions...

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