Oops. US, Russia, Japan, And Canada Nix New Climate Pledge

The house of (climate hoax) cards continues to fall politically

Russia, Japan and Canada have confirmed at the G8 they will not join a second round of carbon cuts under the Kyoto Protocol at UN talks later this year and the US has reiterated it will remain outside the treaty, European diplomats say.

The future of the Kyoto Protocol has become central to efforts to negotiate reductions of carbon emissions under the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), whose annual meeting will take place in Durban, South Africa, from November 28 to December 9.

That same Kyoto in which almost no countries kept their pledges? Interesting.

Separately, US President Barack Obama, at Thursday night’s G8 dinner, confirmed Washington would not join an updated Kyoto Protocol, the diplomats said.

That should piss his base off. But, how about some interesting historical rewrites?

The United States, the second largest carbon emitter, signed the Protocol in 1997 but in 2001 Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, declared he would not put it to the Senate for ratification, judging it unfair and too costly for the American economy.

No, the US didn’t. Al Gore signed it symbolically, but, as VP, that had no actual weight in law. Bill Clinton refused to sign Kyoto after the Senate voted 97-0 against it, and refused to put it up for ratification. Bush followed Clinton’s lead.

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2 Responses to “Oops. US, Russia, Japan, And Canada Nix New Climate Pledge”

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  2. gitarcarver says:

    That should piss his base off. But, how about some interesting historical rewrites?

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