...credibility? Answer. No. President Bush opposes the Kyoto Protocol because it is fundamentally flawed as it exempts 80 percent of the world, including major...compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy. By rejecting this approach, the United States has invited other nations to re-examine global climate...

...Kyoto Protocol; it is ineffective, inadequate and unfair to America because it exempts 1 30 countries (80 percent of the world), including major population centers such as China and India. We need more information about the causes and impact of global wanning. Efforts to improve our environment...

...annual greenhouse gas emissions was reaffirmed by the US President on 13 March 2001, when he stated: 'I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80...centers such as China and India, from compliance' and further elaborated on 11 June 2001: 'The Kyoto was fatally flawed in fundamental ways ... the United...

...well-known that the main reason for the current US administration's rejection of the Kyoto Protocol is "because it exempts 80 percent of the world, including...centers such as China and India, from compliance" —a stance forcefully supported by the Australian government. 9 And yet the statement by the US Under...

...announced that our country would no longer be a part of this flawed agreement. On March 13, 2001, he said: China and India, from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy." President Bush has chosen an entirely different way to address the climate issue, one based on research,...

...president where he stood on global climate change. In a March 2001 letter, he replied: As you know, I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80...compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy. The Senate's [1997] vote, 95-0, shows that there is a clear consensus that the Kyoto Protocol is an...

...his response to the senators, the new President Bush said that he would not consider a protocol that "exempts 80 percent of the world, including major...compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy."13 After many years of disagreement involving the administration and Congress, the newly elected...

...of commitment reasons. Indeed, his specific opposition to the Protocol was "because it exempts 80% of the world, including major population centers such...compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy. . . . there is a clear consensus that the Kyoto Protocol is an unfair and ineffective means of addressing...

...latter, Bush wrote in a 13 March 2001 letter, "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80 per cent of the world, including major population centers such...compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy. The Senate's vote, 95-0, shows that there is a clear consensus that the Kyoto Protocol is an unfair...

...change, the US has recently tried to shift the burden to developing countries. President Bush said, "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80...major population centers such as China and India." 38 This is despite these countries' per capita carbon dioxide emissions being tiny compared with those...