December 27, 2005
Latest Kyoto Snafu
Some like to believe that last year's record hurricane season is America's fault because President Bush wouldn't sign the Kyoto treaty and is polluting the environment faster than Michael Moore goes through a KFC 15-piece bucket. However, it seems that those who have signed it aren't keeping the promises they made when they did.
Britain and Sweden are the only European countries honouring their Kyoto commitments to cut greenhouse gasses, according to a think-tank report.
Although the US is portrayed as the ecological villain for refusing to sign up to the agreement, 10 out of the 15 European Union signatories - including Ireland, Italy and Spain - will miss their targets without urgent action, the Institute for Public Policy Research found.
France, Greece and Germany are given "amber warnings" and will only achieve the objectives if planned policies are successfully carried out.
Never fear, however. As long as there is a United States to be made out as the heavy--and especially while George W. Bush is in the White House--these other countries will not risk being demonized in the press. Perhaps they're looking for a way to blame us now for their not being able to cut down on their pollution...
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I cannot believe that the United States is forcing these poor countries to go back on their promises. We should be ashamed.
Posted by: Two Dogs at December 27, 2005 09:59 AMIt must be our fault. Isn't everything? Perhaps it's because they have to print so much negative informaiton about us in their newspapers that pollution is going up...
Posted by: Pam at December 27, 2005 10:21 AMWell, you know we have an unfair advantage over the European countries because we are not paying our "fair share" of taxes.
And because we are not giving enough foreign aid to help them out.
Posted by: joe-6-pack at December 29, 2005 12:32 AM
