ROVANIEMI, Finland - The United States 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.
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. It was the first time a declaration had been canceled since the Arctic Council was formed in 1996. The U.S. delegation could not immediately be reached for a comment.
ArcticAccord melts down due to US actions. Energy and transport ration channels at the North Pole become another proxy war venue?
jennycohn1 I don't recognize this country anymore.
It will take a 2/3 VETO Proof Super Majority Vote in BOTH Houses of Congress to reverse all the damage Trump & Fossil Fuel Loving Republicans have done in just 2 years.
With expanding sea routes in the Arctic, it is imperative that the US be part of any discussion. Why pull out?
The current US administration is doing everything to impose its baseless, unscientific and deeply harmful views on the world. It has major problems with reality, truth, facts, science, integrity, vision, compassion, and so forth. Let this not be the future of the world!
Arctic Accord is bad for america as it is causing suffering in the mining industry and working class. The LEFT is spreading fake info because over 85% of mining towns and working class support realDonaldTrump 2 years ago.
“Differences”? Denial!
Pompeo is just putty in djt's dementedly devious hands.
Guess which nation is most likely not to comply? How is it that every country involved in the accords can agree, but the US? It's shameful to disregard the fragility of the arctic region.
Pompeo says collective goals are 'are rendered meaningless and even counter-productive as soon as one nation fails to comply' and proves his point by making US the ONE that fails to comply by not even participating. 😡
The Arctic Council has existed for 23 years. This is the first time member states have failed to agree a joint declaration. The US not only objected to including climate change in a final declaration, it threatened to cut or halt funding to the AC if other members insisted on it.
Pompous
Trump enabler also climate change denier. What could possibly go wrong?
Pompeo is the worst person of the day, in Planet Earth.
Drill baby drill! The hell with humanity! Rich people will find a way to survive. Screw everyone and all the animals!
Doomed because of greed and willful ignorance.
Sooo....Canada's Queen Elizabeth Islands are at risk of US aggression, placing our Inuit and natural beauty at risk. Well, here's what PompousPompeo is missing....Once the Arctic ice is gone...global temp goes up by 5-6 degrees in less than 3 yrs. = Global HumanExtinction
Russia is already in the arctic...
Climate change differences implies both viewpoints are valid. Refusal to acknowledge climate change as a result of human activity is just closing your ears with your fingers and shouting la la la i cant hear you.
well, shit.
And this surprises you how? Plus why in hell would 15 people like this post?
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Could just leave the headline at 'US sinks', along with many other areas of the world. ClimateChange
45 probably gave Alaska to Putin during their 90 minute phone call
Pompeo's got to be the worst Sec State in US history.
Of course we did, we are a nation of stupidity under Trump.
Good...Stop giving ground to these alarmists. How long will we tolerate their lies?
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