Amy Goodman
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Obama Accused of Giving Poor Nations a "Poison Chalice" by Skirting U.S. Climate Responsibility
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6:41Now PlayingOn Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced plans to double the funding that the United States provides to help developing countries adapt to climate change to around $860 million a year. Critics including Asad Rehman, head of international climate for Friends of the Earth, say the United States is trying to keep an alliance of wealthy developed countries together and rewrite legal rules. "Many people talk about President Obama’s legacy in terms of climate change," says Rehman. "Unfortunately, the legacy he will leave is a poison chalice to the poor, to make them pay for the impacts of climate change. I don’t see much difference between the United States now and the United States in Copenhagen."
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