50 shades of black + 254 May 7, 2019 According to Reuters, U.S. has refused to sign an agreement on challenges in the Arctic due to discrepancies over climate change wording, diplomats said on Tuesday, jeopardizing cooperation in the polar region at the sharp edge of global warming.Temperatures in the Arctic are rising at twice the rate of the rest of the globe, and melting ice has opened vast untapped oil and gas reserves to potential commercial exploitation. A meeting of nations bordering the Arctic in Rovaniemi in northern Finland on Tuesday was supposed to frame a two-year agenda to balance the challenges of climate change with sustainable development of mineral wealth.But Finland’s Foreign Minister Timo Soini said the joint declaration was “off the table” and would be replaced by a short statement from ministers attending the conference. A diplomatic source with knowledge of the discussions said the United States balked at signing as it disagreed with wording in the declaration stating that climate change was a serious threat to the Arctic. A second source confirmed that. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinto + 293 PZ May 7, 2019 It's shameful to disregard the fragility of the arctic region... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pavel + 384 PP May 7, 2019 Of course, attitude about a refusal to acknowledge climate change is a result of closing ears and eyes on world around us. This is not the attitude based on scientific facts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damirUSBiH + 327 DD May 7, 2019 .... new access to Arctic oil, uranium, diamonds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainman + 263 May 7, 2019 "Temperatures in the Arctic are rising at twice the rate of the rest of the globe, and melting ice has opened vast untapped oil and gas reserves to potential commercial exploitation." I wonder myself what’s wrong with these people? Is it just for the power, are they simply greedy? Don’t they have grandkids? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderBlade + 231 TB May 7, 2019 "new opportunities for trade"?! Melt the ice! So we can transport goods faster by boat!? Yes, they are saying this.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronwagn + 6,290 May 8, 2019 13 hours ago, pinto said: It's shameful to disregard the fragility of the arctic region... It doesn't seem fragile to me. Where is the travel through the area? The Russians are mastering it only by building dozens of nuclear powered ice breakers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronwagn + 6,290 May 8, 2019 12 hours ago, ThunderBlade said: "new opportunities for trade"?! Melt the ice! So we can transport goods faster by boat!? Yes, they are saying this.... Yes indeed. Russia is still having to use nuclear powered icebreakers to do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
footeab@yahoo.com + 2,187 May 8, 2019 The world was freezing for 500 years and in the last 150 has stopped freezing and this is a problem.... Uh, no. This is called science... If YOU actually are rational, you MAY want to figure out WHY the earth NATURALLY freezes and thaws.... Just an observation from a lowly "stupid" "inbred" "illiterate" engineer. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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