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August 28 , 201); i from page ience, Corbel nament as a? regular seaso; 1 1 be a good t ld some coni rhythm,” Cs re inconsistec! ight now bee,. but we iutvt /e may have; ore so we ha\ : lineups wene lacks ine; :s up with ra« rbelli signed j ass, and fresh r Laura Jones 3ig 12’s pres: the Year, a lot of athlets i said. "Well: we are gettin; hit with a io biggest ng the patiee; can come top iVe have pier: hat we will: the hard pan patience itti S IN BRIEF amed to watch junter Cody So Big 12 Confer! d to the Ray list Tuesday by! ;ta Sports Coor oduct of Tyler is beginning as A&M's per e became tbei i school histor than 40 yards; a sophomore, s has doneaf last two seaso id football c« He has the 3b ppO’i’l cry' J is I to | nei and INTERNATIONAL THE BATTALION 76 Wednesday, August 28, 2002 (I; sketball Greenly (AP) ' endell Green; er, has been- the team ' twice on as*- new stad nother lo cal " Baylor «>•' ’ "As a univen irstand and- nd we wish Iribune-H y that Green’ ig i after [ disturbance- ,s already on for an i iich Waco f I own an slapped hi*’ Wealthy nations want change in energy policy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — The United States, Saudi Arabia and other wealthy nations at a U.N. sum mit worked Tuesday to water down proposals to rapidly expand the use of clean, renew able energy technologies around the globe. Renewable energy sources like wind power and solar ener gy produce smaller and more expensive amounts of electricity than a traditional power plant. But the technologies generate a tiny fraction of the smog that comes from burning oil, coal and other fossil fuels, as well as carbon dioxide and other gases believed to accelerate global warming. A proposal for the World Summit on Sustainable Development’s action plan calls for the use of the technologies to be increased to account for 15 percent of the world’s total ener gy production by 2010. Sources sitting in on the negotiations said delegates from the United States, Saudi Arabia and other industrialized and oil states were lobbying to elimi nate the provision and set no specific goals. Even the European Union — some members of which, like Germany, strongly embrace renewable energy sources — wavered on the agreement. “We may have to bend if we can’t convince all of our part ners,” said EU official Christine Day. “It’s early in the negotiations.” The moves by the industrial ized countries angered environ mental groups, which are demanding stiffer anti-pollution measures. The 10-day summit, which began Monday, is focused on uplifting the world’s poor and protecting the global environ ment. The United Nations expects it to be the largest sum mit in its history. More than 100 heads of state are scheduled to attend. During Tuesday’s open ses sion, delegates called for increased global efforts to bring new agricultural technologies to poor farmers and railed against European and American agricul tural subsidies, saying they made it difficult for poor farmers to compete on the world market. Developing countries are hoping the summit’s action plan will call for the reduction or elimination of subsidies, a pro vision opposed by wealthy countries. The summit was unlikely to resolve the issue. “No country can realistically be expected to make a major commitment here on those mat ters,” said South African Trade Minister Alec Erwin. No country can realistically be expected to make a major commit ment here on those matters. 99 — Alec Erwin South African Trade Also Tuesday, non-govern mental groups complained they were being sidelined at the sum mit, saying they had trouble get ting seats at the main event in a building that can’t hold all the accredited delegates. The United Nations said later it would try to accommodate them. Targets and timetables were added to the summit’s imple mentation plan as organizers sought new ways to compel nations to live up to their pledges made in the heat of international diplomacy. In the 10 years since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, treaties pro tecting biodiversity and limiting climate change have languished. However, the United States is seeking to erase specific targets and timetables on many topics throughout the plan, which includes 150 pages addressing biodiversity, food security, clean water and health care. Instead, U.S. officials said they prefer voluntary partner ships with business and other groups. “I don’t know of a goal that has protected a child from a waterborne disease or provided energy to a village,” a senior U.S. diplomat told reporters in a background briefing. “Goals do not by themselves bring about change or results.” The United States, Canada and other large energy produc ers also opposed a provision requiring industrialized nations to phase out some subsidies for their energy industries, accord ing to representatives of a U.S. non-governmental organization monitoring the energy discus sion. The provision called for eliminating subsidies for prac tices that do not support sustain able development, but did not define the subsidies or practices. In the United States, renew able sources provide 1 percent of the nation’s total power sup ply despite recent expansions in wind turbine “farms” and other sources. Delegates are circulating two agreements on renewable energy. One would eliminate all tar get dates. The alternative would set the 15 percent target. However, the broadly written definition of renewable energy would include hydroelectric dams and wood burning — energy sources that conservationists condemn, saying they damage the environment. Factoring in those sources, renewable energy already con tributes 14 percent of power supplies worldwide. That would make the increase called for in the agreement just anoth er percentage point — a target clean energy supporters call unacceptable. TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL ^ Walk-on / 12th ^ Informational Meeting . 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