US sticks to divisive climate change policy - official
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Thomson Financial) - The United States delegation at a UN climate change summit said Thursday they would not commit to deep greenhouse gas emissions cuts at the key meeting in Indonesia, despite growing pressure.
Harlan Watson, head of the US delegation, said neither a recent US Senate committee move to limit greenhouse gas emissions or the decision by Australia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol would influence their stance.
'We're not changing our position,' he said on the fourth day of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Bali.
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ratified the Kyoto Protocol on Monday after being sworn in as leader last month, leaving the US as the only rich nation that is not party to the 1997 climate
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