1. Global Warming; Kyoto Summit
Our laissez-faire system of government stands with weak knees before the powerful lobbyists of the energy consortiums. ... U.S. negotiators are doing the opposite, proposing that the United States be allowed to obtain all of its emission credits by building low-pollution energy and industrial plants in other countries. ... Other Rio signatories like Britain and Germany have already met their nonbinding 2000 targets, in part by reducing coal use and scrapping inefficient energy plants. ... But by 2010, it would be emitting about 7.2-billion tons if business continued as usual, and even with the...
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