Lastly, my paper will give an argument that the Obama's administration's support for a market-based approach to reducing carbon-based consumption to reduce the overall level of carbon-based emissions. ... Hydrocarbons, the general category for various kinds of fossil fuels when kindled as a basis of energy, whether running automobiles, manufacturing plants, trains, or coal-fired power plants, create greenhouse gasses that are encompassed by carbon dioxide and water. ... The two climate policies are the implementation of a carbon tax on fossil fuels and the establishment of a market-...

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The greenhouse effect is the warming effect of the sun on greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, that trap the heat in the atmosphere.  ... Extensive participation, a strong treaty needs to attract participation by a high number of countries so that carbon emission and global reduction expenses are lessened, and the participating countries do not have a disproportionately large task. ... Developing countries need to be able to continue economic growth without pouring out carbon dioxide (Murkowski, 2000). ...

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Currently, carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere are rising to unprecedented levels due to human activity and industrialization (Cooper). In turn, these levels contribute to an increase in global temperatures and are only exacerbated by the greenhouse effect, which traps the carbon dioxide particles in our atmosphere. ... " Most scientists agree that carbon emissions must be reduced by at least seventy percent (Gelbspan). ... Only governments can impose restrictions on carbon emissions and crackdown on industries. ... It is also crucially important for everyday citizens to be in touch w...

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Human activity has pushed atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to more than 30 percent above pre-industrial levels. ... Varying Carbon Emissions between nations: The last 100 years' cumulative emissions are a meaningful indicator of relative contributions of different countries. Developed countries, home to 20 percent of the world's people, are responsible for about 63 percent of net carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning and land use changes since 1900. ... Most current carbon emissions originate from 20 or so countries that are either rich, highly populated, or both, w...

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According to Meyer son the Kyoto Protocol is a pact for countries to reduce their yearly net carbon emissions for the years of 2008-12. ... The people behind the Kyoto Protocol want to decrease as many greenhouse gases as possible, but Carbon Dioxide is their main focus. Carbon Dioxide and other gases are called "greenhouse gases" because of their ability to capture, in the earth's atmosphere, infrared radiation from the surface of the earth (Breidenich 315). ...

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Human activity has pushed atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to more than 30 percent above pre-industrial levels. ... Varying Carbon Emissions between nations: The last 100 years' cumulative emissions are a meaningful indicator of relative contributions of different countries. Developed countries, home to 20 percent of the world's people, are responsible for about 63 percent of net carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning and land use changes since 1900. ... Most current carbon emissions originate from 20 or so countries that are either rich, highly populated, or both, w...

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The treaty they produced, known as the Kyoto Protocol, stated: "The goal is for Annex 1 (developed countries plus economies in transition) to reduce their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by at least 5 percent below 1990 levels in the commitment period 2008 to 2012 "[Man98]. ...

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Sovereignty and the Kyoto Protocol Discussed Through the Arguments Supporting and Opposing Ratification In November 1992 a document entitled Warning to Humanity was released to the scientific community, and was signed by many national academies of science, more than 1500 scientists, and th...

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