Political tensions between the US and Germany over climate change have worsened sharply, with Washington threatening to no longer โtread lightlyโ in negotiations on global warming ahead of the Group of Eight rich nations’ summit next month. In a statement, written in red ink and obtained by the Financial Times, the US says: โWe have tried to ‘tread lightly’ but there is only so far we can go given our fundamental opposition to the German position.โ
Farageโs party has shown over the last year that it will attempt to block and reverse clean energy initiatives in its new councils.
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