[wideawake]

Only one country that is actually affected by the terms of the Kyoto treaty ratified it - I think Denmark or Norway or one of those.

If Rush's point is that there is only one country affected by Kyoto that actually ratified it, then he's dead on.

The US actually signed Kyoto - President Clinton did it to kiss environmentalist ass, knowing full well that the Senate would never ratify it.

As of February 2002 104 countries had signed it and 85 had ratified it.

[Peach]

Thanks for the info.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Putin is talking about ratifying it but he's getting mixed signals at home.

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Adviser rejects Kyoto Protocol for Russia

Moscow, Russia, Sep. 28, 2004 (UPI) -- Signing the Kyoto Protocol on global warming would prevent Russia doubling its gross domestic product, a top Kremlin adviser said Monday. Russia plans to double its GDP in the next decade, but the goal could not be achieved if the nation signed and implemented the Kyoto Protocol, Andrei Illarionov, an economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin, told a Moscow investment conference, the Interfax news agency said.

"The scenario for doubling GDP implies an annual increase of 7.2 percent over 10 years. At that rate of growth the increase in carbon dioxode emissions could be significant," Illarionov told the conference, entitled "Russia; Investment in an Economy of Growth."

Economy Minister German Gref, however, signed a letter to the government voicing his approval of the treaty, the Moscow News reported Monday.

The Kyoto Protocol, calling for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the effects of global warming, can only be ratified if signed by the developed nations that produce half of the world's emissions.....

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040927-050027-3463r.htm

[sam_paine]

Actually, Clinton didn't sign it. Albore did. Not that it matters without ratification.