India Will Reject Any Calls For GHG Caps - "This Is Not A Path We Wish To Pursue" - AFP

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India said Monday it would reject proposals to limit greenhouse gas emissions at a summit meeting of the world's leading economies next month because stricter limits would slow its booming economy. "Legally mandated measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are likely to have significant adverse impacts on GDP growth of developing countries, including India," environment ministry secretary Pradipto Ghosh said.

"This in turn will have serious implications for our poverty alleviation programmes," he said. "Legal mandates on greenhouse gas mitigation in any form will impact our growth, and this is not the path we wish to pursue."

Summit host Germany has called for a statement limiting worldwide temperature rise this century to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) and cuts to global greenhouse emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.

But chances of a consensus seem remote with the United States rejecting the idea of mandatory emissions targets, as well as language calling for G8 nations to raise energy efficiency.

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http://www.terradaily.com/reports/India_Rejects_Greenhouse_Gas_Limits_999.html

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1. "We've always hated Bangladesh anyway," added ministry secretary Pradipto Ghosh

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2. Nukes for mangoes!

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3. It

is beginning to look like the only way to affect change in either India or China is by a self imposed embargo of their products. Do we in America have the will or determination to do so. Both countries can be forced to change through economic persuasion. Will we do it? Probably not.