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China Urges U.S. to Sign Kyoto Protocol
FoxNews ^ | Dec 1, 2005 | AP

Posted on 12/01/2005 3:08:55 PM PST by proud_yank

MONTREAL — China — one of the world's major polluters — urged the U.S. to join the Kyoto treaty Wednesday, rejecting arguments that the pact is flawed because it fails to restrict emissions by developing countries.

China's Sun Guoshunis said his country was already cutting the polluting emissions, adding it was unfair to expect China and India — with the world's largest populations — to ask their impoverished people to cut back on energy consumption.

"We really feel pity that the U.S. has not yet, and is not going to join the Kyoto Protocol, not only because of the size of its total emissions, but also because of its higher per capita emissions," Sun, director of the Department of Treaty and Law at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with The Associated Press.

He spoke during the first meeting of the 140 countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol since it was signed in 1997 and went into effect in February.

More than 8,000 environmentalists, scientists and government officials were attending the 10-day conference in Montreal. Some 120 environment ministers and other government leaders were expected to arrive next week for the final negotiations.

On Wednesday, the conference finalized the treaty's so-called "rule book," establishing greenhouse emissions cuts and mechanisms to allow developed countries to earn credit for carbon reduction by investing in development projects in other nations.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; antiusa; china; climatechange; globalwarming; kyoto; socialism; un; unitednations; worldgovt
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To: proud_yank

China should STFU and unsign. Down with the next ice age!


21 posted on 12/01/2005 3:39:41 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (I-901: A freeway funded entirely by Washington State Smoking Nazis...)
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To: proud_yank

hey , if you accept that a war between the Chicoms and the USA is inevitable, wouldn't you push for this treaty also


22 posted on 12/01/2005 3:44:34 PM PST by wildcatf4f3 (admittedly too unstable for public office)
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To: proud_yank
Hey Commie, here is what we are going to do. We will sign Kyoto but we will place a tariff on Chinese Goods and Extra Taxes on Chinese Companies to match the cost to our economy. This way we both contribute.
23 posted on 12/01/2005 3:49:22 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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To: FOG724

...ping


24 posted on 12/01/2005 3:49:54 PM PST by Seadog Bytes (“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.”—Edmund Burke)
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To: proud_yank

26 posted on 12/01/2005 4:00:45 PM PST by Seadog Bytes (“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.”—Edmund Burke)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

But wait!
I thought China was our friend!


27 posted on 12/01/2005 4:04:22 PM PST by henderson field
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To: proud_yank

Man the Chinese back a set of big stones.

Unrestricted emissions from China are polluting the Artic and they're telling everyone else to sign up.


28 posted on 12/01/2005 4:04:54 PM PST by beaver fever
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To: Mike Darancette

sounds like a perfect idea to me! I'll keep that as a suggestion when some leftist gets harping on about Kyoto. Wonder if that will change their stance on the fact that it is a wealth redistribution program. Probably not.


29 posted on 12/01/2005 4:18:54 PM PST by proud_yank (Experience Tolerance: tell a liberal you own guns and drive an SUV!)
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To: Seadog Bytes

Love that graphic.


30 posted on 12/01/2005 5:28:11 PM PST by FOG724 (http://gravenimagemusic.com/)
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To: proud_yank

We're busy killing radical Muslims. Leave us alone.


31 posted on 12/01/2005 5:30:56 PM PST by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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To: proud_yank

The Russians also urged us to sign it. The Russians, however, is exemped because it is considered a "Developing" country, along with the Chinese.


32 posted on 12/01/2005 10:16:45 PM PST by Thunder90
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