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Canada and Japan accused of blocking Copenhagen progress http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1246544773
Speaking at the World Conference of Science Journalists, King said that while much of the attention in recent months had focused on the Obama administration's engagement with the so-called Copenhagen negotiations to agree a successor to the Kyoto Treaty, Canada and Japan were quietly undermining the talks.
"Copenhagen is faltering at the moment," he said. "The Americans are now fully engaged. But several countries are blocking the process."
Both countries are believed to oppose demands for stringent emission reduction targets at the behest of powerful business lobby groups, such as the energy company's push to exploit Canada's oil sands.
"These people are very outspoken, aggressive lobbyists," Dr Robert Falkner at the London School of Economics told The Times. "They are gung-ho about rising oil prices and want to exploit that."
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