AMERICANS OPPOSE SIGNING KYOTO PROTOCOL

Angus Reid Global Monitor, 3 July 2007
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/16355

Many people in the United States would disagree with their government
ratifying an international treaty seeking to reduce global pollution,
according to a poll by Zogby Interactive released by UPI. 47.9 per
cent of respondents think the U.S. should not sign the Kyoto Protocol.

In 1998, several countries agreed to the Kyoto Protocol, a proposed
amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC). The agreement commits nations to reduce their emissions of
carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The U.S. has not ratified
the treaty, which is due to expire in 2012.

The term global warming refers to an increase of the Earth's average
temperature. Some theories say that climate change might be the result
of human-generated carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Earlier
this year, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) released a report which states that global warming has
been "very likely"-or 90 per cent certain-caused by humans burning
fossil fuels.

In June 2005, U.S. president George W. Bush defended his decision not
to adhere to the protocol, saying, "Kyoto would have wrecked our
economy. I couldn't in good faith have signed Kyoto."

Last month, Bush declared while at the G-8 summit that his country
would be a driving force in setting standards for curbing climate
change, adding, "The U.S. will be actively involved, if not taking the
lead, in a post-Kyoto framework, a post-Kyoto deal."

Polling Data

Do you think the United States should ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

Yes 34.6%
No 47.9%
Not sure 16.7%

Source: Zogby Interactive / UPI
Methodology: Online interviews with 8,300 American adults, conducted
from Jun. 15 to Jun. 18, 2007. Margin of error is 1.1 per cent.

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me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS

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"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.

Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMcharter.net