Word: kyoto
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Bush also tried to appease international critics still angry over his decision to reject the Kyoto Protocol, the treaty aimed at reducing global warming and endorsed by most of the rest of the world. Bush proposed a system that would be voluntary for corporations and would tie emissions reduction to economic output. He says his plan would prevent more than 500 million metric tons of heat-trapping gases from going into the atmosphere over the next 10 years--"the equivalent of taking 70 million cars off the road." But according to Bush's own economic-growth figures, his plan would...
Candidates unanimously denounced the Republican administrations of A. Paul Celluci and Jane M. Swift , as well as the environmental policies of President George W. Bush. Reich called Bush’s rejection of the Kyoto Treaty “wrong-headed” and “off-base...
UNITED STATES Kyoto Alternative President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to tie reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions to economic output. He says his plan will avoid more than 500 million tons of heat-trapping gases over the next decade. But business participation is voluntary, and environmentalists say that Bush's own numbers show the plan will actually result in a 14% increase in emissions...
...also denied reports that he discouraged Canadian officials from ratifying the Kyoto global warming treaty, which was rejected late last year by the Bush administration...
Anderson's liberal policies are causing screeches in the conservative state legislature. He champions the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, anathema to conservatives. He blocked plans for a megamall on the outskirts of the city, tirelessly campaigns for enlarging the mass-transit network and has put out hundreds of red flags at street crossings for pedestrians to carry, making them easier to spot by drivers. He was outspoken in the fight--which he won--to have beer served at Olympic events...