North County Times: Germany: Pelosi says her delegation saw firsthand evidence of climate change in Greenland - Geir Moulson

Nancy Pelosi in Germany
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Germany: Pelosi says her delegation saw firsthand evidence of climate change in Greenland - Geir Moulson

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that she led a congressional delegation to Greenland, where lawmakers saw "firsthand evidence that climate change is a reality," and she hoped that the Bush administration would consider a new path on the issue. After meeting with German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Pelosi praised Berlin for its leadership on the issue.

Her trip comes ahead of next week's Group of Eight summit and a climate change meeting next month involving the leading industrialized nations and during a time of increased debate over what should succeed the Kyoto Protocol, a 1997 international treaty that caps the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted from power plants and factories in industrialized countries. It expires in 2012.