Word: kyoto
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With the administration still dragging its feet on joining the worldwide battle against global warming, a growing number of U.S. cities have decided that environmental activism begins at home. More than 160 mayors have signed on to an urban anti-global-warming agreement that some call the "municipal Kyoto." And local initiatives aimed not only at greenhouse gases but also at toxic chemicals and other threats are multiplying...
...Texas, have set requirements or goals for renewable energy. New York, for one, aims to generate 25% of the state's energy from renewables by 2013, up from 19% today. More than 160 mayors have pledged to curb greenhouse gases in their cities according to the guidelines of the Kyoto Protocol. Indeed, now that Kyoto has kicked in--with 34 industrialized nations legally bound to cut emissions, excluding the U.S., China and Australia--multinational companies will have to cut CO2 emissions or pay to pollute at the old rate, bolstering the market for pollution-control gear...
...carbon caps are both inevitable and a feasible response to global warming--a condition that nearly every scientist in the world not working for the White House believes is occurring. The CEO of Duke Energy, for one, has called for an economy-wide carbon tax. Asked if he supports Kyoto, Immelt replied, "I'm not going to advocate one way or the other," although setting CO2 caps would stimulate the market for Immelt's cleaner-burning--and pricier--turbines...
...secures jobs for 99% of its graduates, while Ochanomizu Women's University offers child-care services to draw in mature students. Other schools are discounting application fees, while some are resorting to American-style innovations: nearly half accept interviews and essays in place of written entrance exams; and venerable Kyoto University, the second oldest college in Japan, even offers organic coffee, local sake and microbrews in its cafeteria...
...tons of carbon dioxide released into the air--equal to taking a million cars off the road. But in the end Raymond is an oilman; he believes fossil fuels are the only way to fill the 50% increase in global energy demand projected by 2030. Raymond has called the Kyoto Protocol "flawed" and predicts that Europe won't be able to meet its emission-cutting goals. Exxon's line is that there is "no scientific certainty" behind studies blaming fossil fuels for global warming...