Greenpeace slams rich nations on climate

Spain: The international Greenpeace environmental organization criticized wealthy countries on Saturday for continued delaying of their commitment to reducing the effects of climate change on the planet.

The environmental group slammed the industrialized nations' stance, led by the United States, postponing decision making in reference to climate change during the Barcelona conference, which closed Friday after five days of deliberations.

In the meeting, prior to the December Summit to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, poor countries demanded that developed nations reduce at least 40 percent of their emissions of greenhouse effect gases.

Greenpeace denounced that wealthy countries remained impassive, faced with the deamand by representatives of the so-called Third World, which is the overwhelming majority of the world population and has alerted on the climate catastrophe that draws near.

The environmental group condemned the United States, considered the greatest pollutant country in History, the Government of which has not been willing to endorse the integrity of an accord legally binding on the mentioned issue that can not be put off.

Madrid, Prensa Latina