G-20 climate pact erases word 'voluntary' from efforts to cut oil-firm subsidies
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 16:49
in Earth & Climate
International negotiators, under pressure from the Obama administration, agree to omit the term when describing efforts to cut production and consumption incentives. Summit also focuses on arriving at a consensus on the global economic crisis. In a last-minute turn in global climate talks, international negotiators agreed over the weekend to adopt more ambitious plans than expected to trim government subsidies to oil companies...