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Posted Mon May 6 2013: from Reuters: Low-key U.S. plan for each nation to set climate goals wins ground http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1367853640 A U.S.-led plan to let all countries set their own goals for fighting climate change is gaining grudging support at U.N. talks, even though the current level of pledges is far too low to limit rising temperatures substantially. The approach, being discussed this week at 160-nation talks in Bonn, Germany, would mean abandoning the blueprint of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which set central goals for industrialized countries to cut emissions by 2012 and then let each work out national implementation. [Read more stories about: anthropogenic change, climate impacts, carbon emissions, global warming, health impacts, stupid humans, governmental idiocy] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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