Every rabid global warming disciple screams at Bush for not signing on to the Kyoto Protocol. It is so America’s fault that CO2 emissions are leading to global warming.
That is except for all the countries that did sign yet refuse to not only limit emissions, but whose emission continue to rise. Like Japan, home of the Kyoto Protocol:
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions will rise by 0.9 percent in the fiscal year ending in March 2011 from levels in 1990, clouding its prospects of meeting its Kyoto Protocol target, a newspaper said on Wednesday.
While emissions from industry are expected to fall by 9 percent, those from households are likely to rise 13-16 percent and from offices by 29-31 percent, the Nikkei business daily said, citing a government report due out this week.
The figures mean Japan’s emissions are likely to rise 0.9-2.1 percent from 1990, requiring it to cut emissions by more than an additional 20 million tons to meet its Kyoto Protocol target, the newspaper said.
Surely this is one of few examples of countries failing to meet the standard, right? Not so much:
United Nations research does show, however, that a majority of the 36 European countries that signed onto the Kyoto Protocol are currently not on track to meet their goals by 2012.
Here’s a detailed list of country’s CO2 emissions. Take a look at China and India. I know they are not part of the Protocol, but they are the worst.
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