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Obama facing climate leadership test

G8 FORUM: The 17 countries responsible for almost 75 percent of greenhouse gas emissions will meet next Thursday, and Europeans are expected to push Obama hard

REUTERS , WASHINGTON

She said other industrialized nations had used the Bush administration’s reluctance to sign up to major emissions curbs as an excuse to avoid making their own strong commitments.

“In the past year it’s been very easy for Canada and Russia and Japan to hide behind the Bush administration, but they don’t have that to hide behind anymore,” she said.

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