U.N. data show U.S. greener than EU
Finger-pointing critics often vilify Americans as the sole cause of global warming. But the typical image of SUV-driving, energy-hogging Yankees may be bogus — a new analysis of U.N. data reveals that U.S. efforts to reduce greenhouse gases actually beat European policies.
“Despite constant criticism from environmental activists at home and across Europe claiming the U.S. government is doing nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, new evidence suggests America’s efforts are more effective than those of Europe’s,” according to a study by H. Sterling Burnett of the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070222-111037-4654r.htm
The US also dwarfs the Europeans in reforestation efforts...
Looking to the full article, the reporter actually mentioned this:
“U.S. businesses are succeeding where European bureaucracy is failing,” Mr. Burnett said. “Further, efforts like the Asian-Pacific partnership will do far more than [the] Kyoto [Protocol] to have a lasting effect on greenhouse gas emissions.”
The Asian-Pacific partnership is a nonbinding plan to cooperate on development and transfer technologies that would enable greenhouse gas reductions.
This article has very little (i.e., none) substance on actual facts.
It is a survey, and how people in different countries chose to answer it.
We (the posters here) are just proud (and making fun of the Greendex) of our redneck attitude.