Brent,
It is no dispute about that US is the largest single polluter. The argument is maybe more valid if used by others, but a very large amount of countries have decided to do their part anyway. Hakan At 04:49 AM 8/16/2003 +0000, you wrote: >I think there needs to be some clarification about some things by someone. I >hear so much conflicting news. Today a story stated that the kyoto accord is >usless when the biggest polluters like Assia, India, and Russia, and even >Brazil don't participate in the accord. These are countries with very few >regulations and very little desire to change. >Brent > > > >From: murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [biofuel] Disappearing Pacific Islands and Suing the United States > >over Global Warming > >Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:21:32 -0700 > > > >http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/28/ma_444_01.html > > > >This online edition does not have the full text. An excerpt from the > >print edition: > > > >"... Currently, the government is seeking parnters among other island > >nations for a lawsuit against the United States and Australia to be > >brought before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, suing > >for damages from global warming. The reparations from such > >"ecological debt" could be huge, including the potential to cancel the > >monies owed on developmental loans to the big polluters.... > >"... > >"Along with Tuvalu, many other island and coastal cultures have just > >grievances. Kiribati, Tuvalue's neighbor, has already lost two > >islands to the rising wters. The seas around the Carteret atolls off > >Papua New Guinea have cut one island in half and left 1,500 people > >dependent on food aid. In the Marshall Islands, World War II > >gravesites are washing away. Trinidad reports losing land at the rate > >of two to four yards per year. In the Indian Ocean, a third of the > >Maldvies' 200 inhabited atolls are disappearing. And in Alaska, some > >Eskimo are being forced to move, as the tundra melts and their > >villages slip into the sea..." > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
