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hatrack

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Wed May 31, 2017, 08:56 AM May 2017

US Prepared To Take Stinking, Runny Shit All Over UN Ocean Conference Next Week

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The United States is resisting plans to highlight how climate change is disrupting life in the oceans at a U.N. conference of almost 200 nations next week, Sweden's deputy prime minister, who will co-chair the talks, said on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump doubts that global warming has a human cause and that U.S. scepticism has even affected preparations for the June 5-9 U.N. Ocean Conference in New York, Isabella Lovin told Reuters.

The conference is due to issue a "Call for Action" to limit damage to marine life from threats the United Nations says include global warming, over-fishing and pollution such as plastic waste. "I think I can safely say that the United States has not been very keen on strong language on climate change," Lovin said in a telephone interview.

"We are not prepared to leave that (strong language) out. That's really fundamental," Lovin said of the draft documents. "The impacts of climate change are almost immeasurable." It is unclear how the differences will be resolved. Lovin, who is also Sweden's minister for international development cooperation and climate, will co-chair the global ministerial talks with Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-oceans-idUSKBN18Q1T5

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Maybe... Else You Are Mad May 2017 #1

Else You Are Mad

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Wed May 31, 2017, 09:03 AM
May 2017

If the committee puts a paragraph at the end of any report about how great Trump is then he will endorse anything that comes out of this conference.

Sadly, I am only half joking.

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