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Fred Morgan
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Posted: Wed Feb 16th, 2005 11:49 am |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6933936/
There are two developed countries that stayed out - USA and Australia. USA because they say it will hurt their economy and Australia because it is worthless unless USA accepts it.
For a while, Kyoto was blocked due to Russia refusal to join, however, Russia recently accepted the terms.
The primary purpose of the pact is to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases that scientist say are causing global warming.
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Mikey_CT
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Posted: Wed Feb 16th, 2005 06:16 pm |
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South Africa takes offense at Bush's backdown on Kyoto by protesting outside US Embassy
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national&articleid=197672
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Mikey_CT
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Posted: Wed Feb 16th, 2005 06:18 pm |
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Good source for news and articles on Kyoto, Bush Administration policy positions and other info
http://www.uspoliticstoday.com/news/GeorgeBushKyotoProtocol?afid=355
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Fred Morgan
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Posted: Wed Feb 16th, 2005 06:39 pm |
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I would say that the USA is being thought of as not a good world citizen right now. Not only does the USA use a lot more resources per person than most (if not all) countries, but then act like they don't need to abide by this treaty.
One thing that is intersting in Costa Rica is there is an environmental tax on every liter of fuel - and this is used to help protect forest and encourage planting more.
Also, Costa Rica has a fund called FONAFIFO which provides payments to offset emissions - I think this fund was setup by the Dutch originally.
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