just a friendly reminder of another problem that will get worse in bush's second term.
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"Scientists will meet in Iceland this week to discuss the report. Foreign ministers from Arctic nations are due to meet in Iceland on November 24 but diplomats say they are deeply split with Washington least willing to make drastic action.
President George W. Bush pulled the United States, the world's top polluter, out of the 126-nation Kyoto protocol in 2001, arguing its curbs on greenhouse gas emissions were too costly and unfairly excluded developing nations.
"Kyoto is only a first step," said Norwegian Environment Minister Knut Hareide, a strong backer of Kyoto. "The clear message from this report is that Kyoto is not enough. We must reduce emissions much more in coming decades.""
kyoto isn't going to solve this problem, as the article points out. we need more than that to slow, stop, and possibly reverse global warming. if bush won't even sign kyoto, though, we're screwed.
some people have been saying that this will be a way to turn some red states blue, and i agree. if our houses have 3 hummers per driveway, we won't have much of an environment left - and you can kiss your hunting goodbye!