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May 12, 2005: Bush Official Asserts There Is Still ‘a Lot to be Known’ about Global Warming

2005-05-12

Dr. Harlan L. Watson, the State Department’s chief climate negotiator, tells BBC Radio, “We are still not convinced of the need to move forward quite so quickly. There is general agreement that there is a lot known, but also there is a lot to be known.” [Reuters, 5/16/2005; New York Times, 6/8/2005]