America Spoils G-8 Climate Cut Resolution

The ever so refined Japanese will doubtless be exceptionally gracious hosts; but the American delegation (always stubborn on emissions) are looking to reprise its role as exception and spoiler. With America insisting on its exceptionalism and on the primacy of its interests, the coming G-8 summit will likely see Japan prove unable to persuade the United States to agree to a global goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050