OSLO (Reuters) – U.S. and Australian calls for a new world deal to fight climate change and ditch the United Nations’ Kyoto Protocol misrepresent key elements of the U.N. plan, the global body’s top climate official said on Thursday.
“I’ve read some things recently which rather concern me,” Yvo de Boer said of U.S. and Australian criticisms of Kyoto. The United States and Australia are the only industrial countries outside Kyoto and favor a broader long-term treaty beyond 2012.
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Noelle d'Estries, an early GO employee who took on the varied roles of Community Manager, green celebrity blogger, and more. She currently runs worstcookever.com GO entered Noelle's life in February 2007 while she was burning tires in her backyard. A phone call from the green gods at GO, burnt out the fires. Now, Noelle happily wears her GO sweatshirt while eating organic veggies and asking for paper, not plastic. A regular at the local farmer's market, Noelle shuns raking leaves and lawn maintenance, while making gourmet foods constantly. When not staring at her computer screen, she spends time with her equally attractive dog, Tessa, cat, Tim and lover Paul. She currently holds all three point records at RIT and could eat avocados and drink wine for the rest of her life.
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