Climate change summit hijacked by biggest polluters, critics claim

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/24/climate-change-polluters-shell


A vital meeting in Copenhagen this weekend that will help shape the agenda for the most important climate change talks since the Kyoto protocol has been hijacked by some of the biggest polluters in the world, critics claimed today.

Among those attending the World ­Business Summit on Climate Change is Shell, which has just been named by environmentalists on the basis of new research as "the most carbon-intensive oil company in the world".

There is concern that the big energy companies will be pushing carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a way of keeping the oil-based economy running.

At the meeting yesterday, the United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, and Nobel prize winner Al Gore urged more than 500 business leaders – including the chief executives of PepsiCo, Nestlé and BP – to lend their corporate muscle to reaching a global deal on reducing greenhouse gases.

Despite the global financial crisis, Ban and Gore said there could be no delay in hashing out the specifics of how to cut greenhouse gases.

"We have to do it this year. Not next year – this year," Gore said. "The clock is ticking, because Mother Nature does not do bailouts."
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White House! Congress! its time to take giant steps. please!

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1. "The clock is ticking, because Mother Nature does not do bailouts."

we need sharp sticks to prick and prod Congress and the W.H.