With Bush words speaks louder than action. In his latest 'dodge' of responsiblity for deadly climate change Bush attempts to dismantle Kyoto by over reaching it and proposing a new 'scheme' that will lay blame on the 'Group of 8 plus 7' while the USA maintains it's escalating emission posture.
Per square mile, the USA is a glut of greenhouse gases compared to any other nation on Earth. Russia has the largest land mass, China and India the largest populations, yet, the USA continues to miss the mark in accepting responsiblity of it's lavish lifestyles that kill people globally from Human Induced Global Warming leading to Climate Change.
Bush Seeks New International Framework on Climate Change (click here)
Washington – The United States will work with other countries to establish a new international framework to address global climate change once the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
Under an initiative unveiled May 31 by President Bush, 10 to 15 countries that consumer the most energy and emit the largest quantities of greenhouse gases would discuss a post-Kyoto arrangement at international meetings convened initially by the United States.
By 2009, at the end of the first phase, the countries would set a long-term global goal for reducing emissions that contribute to global climate change and establish related national mid-term energy security and environmental goals and strategies based on the nations’ individual characteristics.
Bush said a strong and transparent system for measuring countries’ performance must be an essential element of the new plan.
Under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, industrialized countries committed to make specific cuts in emissions of gases such as carbon dioxide that contribute to global warming. The cuts are made primarily through a “cap-and-trade” mechanism in which nations set industry caps on emissions and then allow emitters to buy or sell emissions credits to meet targets.
The United States has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which it believes can constrain economic growth and will achieve little because it does not include countries in the developing world such as China and India that emit large quantities of greenhouse gases....
