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...Third Conference of the Parties to this treaty met in Kyoto in 1997 and produced what is known as the Kyoto Protocol, which put forth targets and a timetable for emission reductions by industrialized nations. This protocol went into effect in February 2005 following ratification by Russia. The current administration of President George W. Bush has said that it does not intend to submit this Protocol to the Senate for ratification. Obviously, the effectiveness of the Protocol will be greatly diminished without the participation of the United States, since our nation is responsible for about 25 percent of global anthropogenic...
...public than it once was, particularly when the problem seems so diffuse, the threat so distant. The result? Vast quantities of carbon dioxide from the burning of oil, coal, wood and natural gas have entered the atmosphere, where they will remain for well over 100 years. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol calls for developed nations to roll back emissions below 1990 levels. But even if that goal were achieved today, it's already too late to stop some degree of warming from occurring. That means we may soon start seeing unpredictable and potentially destabilizing changes in weather patterns and ocean currents...
...Kohl as a genial but often bumbling politician, they see the men around Reagan as undignified novices who are ill-equipped to handle the heavy duties of a superpower. In Washington, a State Department official conceded that presidential advance teams often "swarm all over our embassies and reduce local protocol to rubble." In this case the ghoulish exercise of selecting a death camp for Reagan to visit appalled many Germans. White House aides would not explain just why Bergen-Belsen was finally chosen. It is conveniently close to Frankfurt, its park-like setting is photogenic, and, since the camp...
...recent State Department amendment to United States travel protocol downgrading its warning against travel in Israel ignited the hopes of Harvard students eager to study abroad in the Middle Eastern nation—despite the administration’s continued refusal to sanction studies in nations on the Department’s travel warning list...
...overview of what “end-of-life choices” mean for Schiavo, I refer you to the Exit Protocol prepared for her in 2003 by her health care providers (available online at http://www.cst-phl.com/050113/sixth.html). In the midst of her starvation, Terri will most likely be treated for “pain or discomfort” and nausea which may arise as the result of the supposedly humane process of bringing about her death. (Remember that Schiavo is not terminally ill.) She may be given morphine for respiratory distress and may experience seizures. This protocol confirms what...