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Citizens of the United States of America account for only about 5 percent of the world’s population yet consume about one-quarter of the world’s supply of commercially traded commodities. America is also responsible for more than a quarter of the world’s industrial wastes. Considering these facts, America should be leading the effort to end global warming, which is the result of industrial pollution. Instead, President George W. Bush has refused to cooperate with the European Union and other nations of the world in supporting the Kyoto Protocol to cut industrial pollution.
President Bush claimed that ratifying the Kyoto Protocol would not make economic sense for America. Has our president considered the multitude of possibilities for new jobs as the nation researches new technologies to power our daily lives without oil and cut pollution levels? The economy is not an excuse, but it will be in trouble if droughts and unpredictable weather brought on by the greenhouse effect continue to punish America’s farmers and families.
The Kyoto Protocol is the only global initiative in place to slow global warming, and it could be a significant step in the battle against the greenhouse effect. Bush’s refusal to participate in the Kyoto Protocol makes it clear that our president feels more obligated to American corporations that funded his presidential campaign than he does to the well being of the citizens of America and the entire world population.
— Mark E. Rockwell
Mooresville
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