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...America's leadership now is crucial. Given that the U.S., which makes up less than 5 percent of the worlds population, contributes 25 percent of the global carbon emissions, the Kyoto Protocol (an agreement negotiated by 160 countries in 1997 to control emissions of the gases that cause global warming) will not go into effect without ratification by the U.S. Senate. To enter into force, the Kyoto Protocol requires ratification by 55 parties to the convention, which together were responsible for at least 55 percent of the world's total carbon dioxide emissions in 1990. And while the cooperation...
PLAN: Ratify Kyoto Protocol. Establish $150 billion Energy Security and Environmental Trust Fund to provide tax breaks for companies that develop alternative energy sources. Enforce mandates to lower smog and soot levels. Provide environmental protections within...
...IMPACT: A bigger, meaner Environmental Protection Agency. Major-league polluters spend billions updating factories and lobbying sympathetic legislators. A few routes of international trade get stuck on Kyoto Protocol's environmental requirements...
...PLAN: Cautious conservation. Require federal facilities to comply with all EPA regulations, continue research into causes and effects of global warming, clean up and redevelop "brownfields" abandoned by old industry. Provide market incentives for clean-living corporations. Restructure the EPA. Reject Kyoto protocol...
...IPCC assessment clearly states that humans contribute to global warming. Let's face that reality and take the next logical step of ratifying the Kyoto protocol...