Walking away from a healthy planet

i guess it all depends on what you mean by "health..." to bushco, health is the ability to continue to make money through whatever means while denying the very existence of any downside consequences... the earth is ours to exploit and if environmental conditions become untenable, the rich will still be able to maintain their quality of life by artificial means...

The walkout, by Harlan L. Watson, the chief American negotiator here, came Friday, shortly after midnight, on what was to have been the last day of the talks, during which the administration has been repeatedly assailed by the leaders of other wealthy industrialized nations for refusing to negotiate to advance the goals of that treaty, and in which former President Bill Clinton chided both sides for lack of flexibility.

At a closed session of about 50 delegates, Dr. Watson objected to the proposed title of a statement calling for long-term international cooperation to carry out the 1992 climate treaty, participants said. He then got up from the table and departed.

Environmentalists here called his actions the capstone of two weeks of American efforts to prevent any fresh initiatives from being discussed. "This shows just how willing the U.S. administration is to walk away from a healthy planet and its responsibilities to its own people," said Jennifer Morgan, director of the climate change project at the World Wildlife Fund.

In the end, though, some adjustments of wording - including a shift from "mechanisms" to the softer word "opportunities" in one statement - ended the dispute.

perish the thought of any obstacles whatsoever getting in the way of untrammelled exploitation of natural resources and mindless production of more "stuff..."

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