International Policy and Climate Change

As the leading producer of greenhouse gasses, the U.S. has the responsibility to also be at the forefront of the international efforts to reduce global warming and recover the environment, which is already showing signs of change and stress. While the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997 to address these issues as a global community, President George W. Bush announced in 2001 that the U.S. would not be signing onto the agreement.

The Kyoto Protocol is designed to meet its goals by, among other things, establishing a number of mechanisms to help developed countries significantly cut down their emissions to reach a predetermined goal and create energy efficiency projects in developing countries that will steer them down the right path to avoid contributing to greenhouse gas pollution.

It is time for the administration to re-evaluate our involvement in the world-wide fight against global warming. The first step is for Congress to pass meaningful legislation that will reduce our own greenhouse gas emissions. From this point, we must work with other nations, both developed and those in the process of stabilizing themselves and their economy through industry, to address emissions standards and global warming before our world is irreversibly damaged.

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