Eco-Friendly, Nearly Car-Free Town a Hit in Germany
Saturday, June 9th, 2007By CHRISTEL KUCHARZ
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has placed global warming high on the agenda for the upcoming G-8 summit, due to begin in the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm, Germany, early next week.
If Merkel, who currently holds the rotating G-8 chair, has her way, the leaders of the world’s leading industrial nations will agree on a binding commitment to reduce greenhouse emissions.
The United States, among other countries, has so far resisted any such commitment and has refused to agree to concrete emissions reduction goals, making it very difficult, if not impossible, for Merkel to reach a joint G-8 position on that subject.
