Word: kyoto
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...Prime Minister is deeply interested in climate change," says a senior Japanese foreign ministry official. "As we finish the first phase of the Kyoto [Protocol], the world will have to grapple with climate change in one way or the other...
...cars, if the entire world used energy like Japan, global carbon emissions would be lower. But the Japanese have always been high-tech leaders; what's new is the idea that Japan could take a political leadership position on climate change, working to broker the pacts that will replace Kyoto when the Accord, which the Bush Administration rejected, expires...
...carbon credits are a weak attempt at offsetting emissions when what we should be doing is cutting emissions. But Krauthammer failed to mention the complete inaction of the conservative Administration. At least Gore is spreading the message that our planet needs saving. The U.S.'s failure to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and Bush's empty words about stopping climate change identify where the real blame should be placed. Grace Hirt, MIDDLESEX...
...local level, Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle, who was incensed after the Senate walked away from the international Kyoto global-warming accords, began what has become a nationwide movement to bring U.S. cities into compliance. As of last month, 431 mayors representing more than 61 million Americans had signed on, imposing higher parking taxes, buying hybrid vehicles for the municipal fleet, helping local businesses audit their energy use and even converting traffic lights from incandescents to LEDs, which are 90% more efficient. Says Nickels: "I think this sends a message that there is intelligent life in America...
...nobody more active in the field.” Both Khosrowpour and Kurashige praised Adolphson for his ability to recruit students to the field and his innovative teaching techniques. Adolphson, Khosrowpour said, spearheaded the creation of a freshman seminar that takes students on a University-funded trip to Kyoto, Japan. Adolphson also teaches Historical Study A-14, “Japan: Tradition and Transformation,” and a new course, Japanese History 220, “Warriors, Monks, and Courtesans: Class and Gender Perspectives on Premodern Japan.” In the past decade, Adolphson has authored two books...