G8 Meeting split on environmental protection

Reuters reports from St. Petersburg: Greens Slam G8 Over Climate Change, Nuclear Boost

Environmental advocacy groups accused the Group of Eight industrial nations on Sunday of failing to take seriously the problems of climate change and the dangers of nuclear energy.

At a summit in St. Petersburg, the leaders of the G8 approved a statement that acknowledged divisions among the world's top economies on promoting nuclear energy and tackling climate change.

But the statement said those who favour nuclear energy -- six of the eight G8 members -- see it as key to providing energy security amid booming global demand and as a clean form of power that can help slow dangerous global warming.

The G8 members are the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan.


Click here for the official Russian government G8 page.

Civil G8 is the website of NGOs including human rights groups, trade unions, and environmental organizations, who are asking, "Are the waves of public opinion breaking against the cliff of officialdom?" I'm checking their Civil G8 media page every day for updates.

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