Rio+20 summit takes off in Brazil with optimism and many challenges

Thursday, June 14th 2012 - 11:26 UTC

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The United Nations conference on Sustainable Development opened in Brazil on Wednesday, launching a new round of debate on the future of the planet, its resources and people, 20 years after the first Earth Summit. Read full article

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Idlehands
50,000 delegates? That is one enormous carbon footprint. I assume the carnival is on!?!
Jun 14th, 2012 - 01:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Millet
The world's crazy enviros are rushing to Rio. If the UN has anything to do with it, it is already a failure. - Millet USA
Jun 15th, 2012 - 01:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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DennisA
“the largest ever organized, with 50.000 delegates, the UN said.” All telling us to cut down on travel and consumption as they do at all the climate conferences and the hundreds of other similar events throughout the year. There are tens of millions of delegate miles flown every year and they want control of the rest of us via a UN government.
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