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laboratoryequipment: UN Environmental Summit Largely Seen As a FailureLeaders from around the globe gathered Wednesday to open three days of talks at the United Nations conference on sustainable development, where a sober, unambitious mood prevailed as negotiators produced what critics called a watered-down document that makes few advances on protecting the environment.Negotiators worked for months to hammer out a document that many hoped would lay out clear goals on how nations could promote sustainable development - making economic advances without eating up the globe’s resources.Caption: Activists push an inflatable globe during a “Global March” as part of the People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice in Defense of the Commons. Image: AP Photo, Felipe DanaRead more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-un-environmental-summit-largely-seen-as-a-failure-062112.aspx

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UN Environmental Summit Largely Seen As a Failure

Leaders from around the globe gathered Wednesday to open three days of talks at the United Nations conference on sustainable development, where a sober, unambitious mood prevailed as negotiators produced what critics called a watered-down document that makes few advances on protecting the environment.

Negotiators worked for months to hammer out a document that many hoped would lay out clear goals on how nations could promote sustainable development - making economic advances without eating up the globe’s resources.

Caption: Activists push an inflatable globe during a “Global March” as part of the People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice in Defense of the Commons. Image: AP Photo, Felipe Dana

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-un-environmental-summit-largely-seen-as-a-failure-062112.aspx

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    When will our “leaders” finally get it?
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