The US did not want to use the term "climate change" at a major Antarctic meeting, instead preferring to focus on "specific" environmental changes.
Its stance was rebuked by other countries, including France, which described it as a "worrying development" that risks undermining credible science.
Conservationists say "editing words" out of a report won't alter the real impact of climate change.
6 Comments
TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 43d
They should send the US envoy home with a bag of seeds each time.
engene@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 43d
To be fair, they did use a Sharpie to change the weather pattern once 🙄
Greyghoster@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 43d
Even this article has weasel words. We have moved well past the “scientists say” stage and we are at the “climate change” or “human created climate change” stage.
I wonder what the Australian government position said, probably wimpish.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 8 pts · 43d
Hopefully US will just get offended and stop participating. Until now every time they did it allowed sane countries to move things forward.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 43d
What is this, 2012?
otter@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 43d
At some point they should just be barred from speaking at all