Question Earthority!

“The United States rejects the European Union’s all-encompassing target on reduction of carbon emissions, President Bush’s environmental adviser said Tuesday. James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said the United States is not against setting goals but prefers to focus them on specific sectors, such as reducing dependence on gasoline and cleaner coal. ‘The U.S. has different sets of targets,’ he said. … The U.S. refused to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol limiting emissions because developing countries were not included. Rising economic giants, China and India, are exempt, and the treaty says nothing about post-2012 cuts. Bush has argued that Kyoto would harm the U.S. economy and unfairly excludes developing countries such as China and India from obligations.” (05/31/07)