Thursday, July 3, 2008

'US has done least to address global warming'

NEW DELHI: 3 Jul 2008. The US has done the least among the world's eight biggest economies to address global warming, a study released on Thursday found.

The G8 Climate Scorecards 2008, released ahead of next week's gathering of the Group of Eight on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, also found that none of the eight countries are making improvements large enough to prevent temperature increases that scientists think would cause catastrophic climate changes.

The gathering includes the heads of statesof the US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Russia. More >>>