(As currently drafted) the Kyoto Protocol could actually accelerate forest destruction by giving incentives to plant large-scale plantations on formerly native forest land, |
Developed countries should continue after 2012 with Kyoto-type commitments with ever deeper cuts. But developing countries should start with less strict goals. |
If people forget their lunch there is going to be a hot dog vendor. It's going to be so much fun. |
If visitors feel like making a whole day out of it, we are going to have a star party later that night. |
If you put it all together, each house would have $400 to spend (a year) on things other than energy. |
In developing countries the situation could be even worse because developing countries do not have to count their emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Private companies from industrialized nations will seek cheap carbon credits for their country in the developing world. |
In some of the more energy intensive industries, there would be negative change in jobs. But when you look at state levels, even states that had large sectors of the energy industries in them, they had overall positive change in jobs. |
Listen to these tens of thousands of people. The U.S. administration is the biggest obstacle to progress at this meeting. They have come here to (destroy) and slow things down. |
My hope is that the end product won't look like the draft. I am counting on Germany, France and Britain to ensure that this text is put into shape. |
Normally the ground would be covered with them. And it still might be in about a week and a half when the weather comes out. |
Places that Americans love like Florida's coral reefs and the alpine meadows of the Rocky Mountains could suffer greatly from global warming, according to the report. |
The administration just doesn't seem to get it. They don't understand the world is suffering from climate change. |
The Americans have gone back from what they agreed in Gleneagles. |
The credibility of Japan as a responsible global actor is at stake. It would be tragic if Japan's vacillation killed a vital U.N. agreement. |
The Kyoto Protocol is alive and kicking. |