Why does the US reject climate change policy that the rest of the G8 members (France, Russia, UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada, EU representatives) are willing to consider or even adopt?
Why did the US reject the Kyoto Protocol that 141 or more nations have adopted?
[Update, 5.30.2007] Newspeak is alive and well. Bush, despite roundly rejecting almost every policy attempt to fight global warming (including the Kyoto Protocol), is now calling for 15 nations to set global emissions goals.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Carbon Lifeless // Jun 8, 2007 at 4:31 pm
[…] mind that the world’s largest polluter–the United States, my fair country–refused to adopt the Kyoto Protocol. And, don’t forget the largest segment of the pollution pie […]
2 Profit, Policy and Power // Nov 21, 2007 at 2:03 pm
[…] keep returning to is how key government policy is generally made by the powerful, for the powerful. Kyoto, for example, or the Bush administration waging disinformation on the health impact of CO2 […]
3 Australia Ratifies Kyoto Protocol: USA Stands Alone // Dec 3, 2007 at 2:30 pm
[…] Leaving exactly one first world country that refuses to ratify the protocols. That’s right: the USA. […]
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