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Asked about the potential protocol for an uncontested election, Election Commission Chairman Michael L. Taylor ’08 wrote in an e-mail that there were no provisions for such a contingency...
...Science and Technology, said that the U.S. should lead the formation of a new set of global standards that would reduce the ratio of greenhouse gas emissions to economic output in the short-term and develop tradeable rights to emissions based on population in the long-term. The Kyoto Protocol, which commits nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, will expire in 2012. The U.S. has not ratified the agreement. “The United States must switch from being a laggard in climate change policy to being a leader if the world as a whole is going...
...These celebrities and politicians justify their unnecessary consumption by purchasing carbon credits, which many of the nouveau-conscious acquire in order to offset their excessive energy usage. Carbon credits were established by the Kyoto Protocol, which established limits on carbon emissions for most countries (incidentally the United States has still not signed this agreement even though it is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases). Countries and companies who fall below their established limits are free to trade their credits in the global emissions market to other parties—including individuals—who have exceeded...
...responsible for the state of the world’s environment. Global warming is caused by the greenhouse effect, or the retention of “greenhouse gases,” like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane, within the atmosphere. In 1990, the year that the 1997 Kyoto Protocol took into account when setting emission reduction goals, the U.S. produced 36% of all global emissions, making it the world’s biggest net polluter. More recent evidence suggests China has now surpassed the U.S. as biggest net polluter; the U.S., however, still emits more greenhouse gases per head...
Despite our overwhelming contribution to global warming and the constant political rhetoric that action is being taken, the U.S. has failed to independently reduce emissions by even the 6% from 1990 levels that the 1997 Kyoto Protocol would have asked of us. On the contrary, between just 1990 and 2004 our carbon dioxide emissions increased by 15.8%. Had we independently reduced greenhouse gas emissions, the Senate’s current refusal to ratify the new Kyoto treaty might be excusable. As it stands, however, we appear both hypocritical and uncooperative...