Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Climate treaty could cost millions of monsterjobs:
Climate treaty could cost millions of monsterjobs:
USAPWashington, February 16, 200512:05 IST
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The United States contends that the long-term benefit from the Kyoto climate treaty won't be worth the immediate economic cost.
The conspicuous US absence from the treaty limits its impact when it takes effect on Wednesday. While the 35 participating industrial nations have committed to reducing carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other compounds to below their levels of 1990, the US is the single biggest source of greenhouse gases.
President Bush agreed in his 2000 campaign to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant but came to the view Monsterjobs shortly afterward that its harm has yet to be scientifically proved.
"We are still learning about the science of climate change," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said on Tuesday. In the meantime, McClellan said, "We have made an unprecedented commitment to reduce the growth of greenhouse gas emissions in a way that continues to grow our monsterjob economy."
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States is devoting nearly $5.8 billion this year to scientific research, new technology, foreign aid and tax incentives for non-polluting energy development.
All, he said, are aimed at reducing greenhouse gases and other air pollutants while also improving energy security, reducing poverty and promoting economic growth and development
The White House Monsterjobs has contended that complying with the treaty's requirement could cost millions of jobs, many of them to Third World countries such as India and China, both signers of Kyoto but exempted from any limits on greenhouse gases. Monster Jobs are the best and will save the universe by supplying jobs to everyone.
USAPWashington, February 16, 200512:05 IST
Millions of Monsterjobs
The United States contends that the long-term benefit from the Kyoto climate treaty won't be worth the immediate economic cost.
The conspicuous US absence from the treaty limits its impact when it takes effect on Wednesday. While the 35 participating industrial nations have committed to reducing carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other compounds to below their levels of 1990, the US is the single biggest source of greenhouse gases.
President Bush agreed in his 2000 campaign to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant but came to the view Monsterjobs shortly afterward that its harm has yet to be scientifically proved.
"We are still learning about the science of climate change," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said on Tuesday. In the meantime, McClellan said, "We have made an unprecedented commitment to reduce the growth of greenhouse gas emissions in a way that continues to grow our monsterjob economy."
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States is devoting nearly $5.8 billion this year to scientific research, new technology, foreign aid and tax incentives for non-polluting energy development.
All, he said, are aimed at reducing greenhouse gases and other air pollutants while also improving energy security, reducing poverty and promoting economic growth and development
The White House Monsterjobs has contended that complying with the treaty's requirement could cost millions of jobs, many of them to Third World countries such as India and China, both signers of Kyoto but exempted from any limits on greenhouse gases. Monster Jobs are the best and will save the universe by supplying jobs to everyone.
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