* To drag one's feet: To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.
a) From www.democracynow.org
"U.S. Publicly Shifts Climate Stance in Face of Widespread Criticism — Then Quietly Backtracks"
Talks at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Durban have entered their last official day, with focus now on a European Union-sponsored road map calling for a new climate treaty to be negotiated by 2015. The treaty would impose binding cuts on the world’s biggest emitters of the heat-trapping gases, but would not likely go into effect until 2020.
After being publicly heckled by a U.S. college student on Thursday and facing widespread accusations of obstructing the Durban talks, U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern said the Obama administration supports the E.U. road map.
The U.S. State Department later backtracked on Stern’s comments by taking the unusual step of issuing a clarification to its position, saying it does not yet support a legally binding deal to cut emissions.
When Amy Goodman then tried to question Stern and fellow lead U.S. negotiator Jonathan Pershing about the apparent retraction, they refused to answer.
b) A related article from the National Catholic Reporter: by Sean McDonagh, December 6, 2011
"As the science becomes more alarming, politicians slow to act"
a) From www.democracynow.org
"U.S. Publicly Shifts Climate Stance in Face of Widespread Criticism — Then Quietly Backtracks"
Talks at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Durban have entered their last official day, with focus now on a European Union-sponsored road map calling for a new climate treaty to be negotiated by 2015. The treaty would impose binding cuts on the world’s biggest emitters of the heat-trapping gases, but would not likely go into effect until 2020.
After being publicly heckled by a U.S. college student on Thursday and facing widespread accusations of obstructing the Durban talks, U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern said the Obama administration supports the E.U. road map.
The U.S. State Department later backtracked on Stern’s comments by taking the unusual step of issuing a clarification to its position, saying it does not yet support a legally binding deal to cut emissions.
When Amy Goodman then tried to question Stern and fellow lead U.S. negotiator Jonathan Pershing about the apparent retraction, they refused to answer.
b) A related article from the National Catholic Reporter: by Sean McDonagh, December 6, 2011
"As the science becomes more alarming, politicians slow to act"
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