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Although the U.S. paid little attention to the conference, its failure to reach a conclusion might have a larger impact on the well-being of the average American and citizens around the world than the outcome of the legal battles in the Sunshine state. Shortly before the conference, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the most authoritative body on global warming, issued a preliminary summary of its 2000 report saying that humans "contributed substantially to the observed warming over the last 50 years." This is a much stronger language than the wording used in its report five years...
...this issue, the talks were hindered by the low-level officals that the U.S. sent. There was some talk of President Clinton stopping by on his way home from Vietnam, but this never happened. As a result, the highest-ranking U.S. official in The Hague was Undersecretary of State Frank Lloyd, the head of the American delegation. Some countries, like France, even sent their president, and most other countries had prime ministers, deputy prime ministers or at least full cabinet members as representatives--some for the entire length of the talks. It was immensely difficult for Lloyd to grant...
...only hope that the magnitude of the U.S. delegation's concessions and the closeness of the final talks reflects the general state of the climate debate. Even though some issues such as the role of natural carbon sinks still warrant further investigation, the underlying science of global warming is becoming increasingly clear. The U.S. should, in the future, make a more substantive committment to cooperating with European nations and developing countries to honestly address the increasing threat of global warming--before it's too late...
Volpe started his domination early, with an 11-7 victory over Chad Grant of Boston University, followed by a tremendous 17-3 win over Portland State's Jeremy Wilson in the second round...
This past weekend, Jantzen continued his relentless wrestling, winning his first two matches by falls, the first over North Colorado's Marshall Hahn in 2:46 and the second over Adams State's Travis Koppenhafer...