Telegraph: Even the skies wept. Glorious weather bathed Rio de Janeiro for the week running up to the Earth Summit, while some hope remained that it might produce even minor measures to tackle the world's escalating environmental crises. But when the leaders flew in on Wednesday to rubber-stamp an agreement shorn of commitments to action, the rain started falling -- and didn't let up, culminating in a thunderstorm on the final morning. It is always a bad sign when a UN conference ends on time: if anything...
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