NEWS FROM THE WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE
A change in climate?

Statement by Worldwatch President, Chris Flavin on the Bush
Administration's alternative to the Kyoto protocol

Thursday, February 14, 2002:

"We welcome that the Bush Administration is changing its position and
taking the climate issue more seriously. Introducing new tax incentives
for more efficient and renewable energy technologies is certainly a step
in the right direction.

"I am however concerned about the adequacy of the commitment being made
and in particular that the administration plans to increase US emissions
by at least an additional 12 percent in the next ten years. This will
leave the US producing at least 35 percent more greenhouse gasses in
2010 than would be permitted under the Kyoto protocol.

"It is particularly disturbing to see the world's leading producer of
greenhouse gasses (producing 25 percent of the emissions with less than
five percent of the world's population) propose to continue increasing
those levels."

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