Warming Scare Tactics | Kyoto

"We will not submit this [Kyoto Protocol] for ratification until there's meaningful participation by key developing nations."
- Al Gore, 1997

The Truth about Al Gore and Kyoto (Video) (2min)
Economist Bjorn Lomborg: Global warming is not a priority (Video) (17min)

The Kyoto Protocol is a treaty to regulate 'Greenhouse Gases' only:
- Carbon dioxide (CO2)
- Methane (CH4)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) (Laughing Gas, Nitrous, NOS)
- Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
- Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
- Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)

137 'Developing Countries' are Exempt from Kyoto, including:
- Brazil
- China
- India

APEC unlikely to accept binding gas targets in climate change fight (Herald Tribune)
Australia rejects Kyoto pact (BBC)
- Kevin Rudd recoils from climate change pledge (Herald Sun, Australia)
Canada joins anti-Kyoto bloc (National Post, Canada)
- Canada alarmed over Kyoto costs (BBC)
- Canada report defends saying no to Kyoto target (Reuters)
China rejects binding targets on greenhouse emissions (Forbes)
- Alarming Growth In Expected Carbon Dioxide Emissions In China, Analysis Finds (Science Daily)
- China surpasses United States in emissions (United Press International)
- 750,000 a year killed by Chinese pollution (Financial Times, UK)
Greece fails on Kyoto targets (Kathimerini, Greece)
India rejects greenhouse gas limits (Herald Sun, Australia)
Italy breaks EU ranks on Kyoto (The Parliament)
Japan emissions to rise, reaching Kyoto goals hard (Reuters)
- Japan's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rise 6.4% From 1990 Levels (Bloomberg)
- Japan plans to buy carbon credits from Hungary to achieve Kyoto Treaty goal (Herald Tribune, Australia)
Lithuania decides to take EU to court over CO2 cut (Reuters)
New Zealand - NZ to bring in carbon trading, but still lag Kyoto (Reuters)
Spain Lags Behind in Kyoto Protocol Compliance (Tierramerica)
Turkey rejects Kyoto (Today's Zaman, Turkey)
UK Revealed: cover-up plan on energy target (The Guardian. UK)
- UK public rejects Kyoto Protocol (International Policy Network)
US Senate Rejects Kyoto 95-0 (Byrd-Hagel Resolution, 1997)
- Bill Clinton 'Signed' Kyoto in 1998 (CNN)
- George Bush rejects mandatory limits on emissions (The Times, UK)
- UPI Poll: Don't ratify Kyoto treaty (NewsDaily)
- U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Fossil Fuels Declined By 1.3% In 2006 (Science Daily)
- U.S. Greenhouse Emissions Fell 1.5% in 2006 (USA Today)

Global Warming not a Cost-effective Target (Competitive Enterprise Institute)
Greens Concede Kyoto Will Not Impact 'Global Warming' (CNSNews)
Kyoto Count Up! (Junk Science)
Kyoto projects harm ozone layer: U.N. official (Reuters)
Kyoto would cost a million Euro jobs, 80 billion euros by 2010 (National Business Review)
Kyoto's Global Warming Controls Could Harm Forests (Science Daily)
Lessons of Kyoto (Patrick J. Michaels, Ph.D. Ecological Climatology)
The Fatal Conceit of Kyoto (The Frasier Institute)
The Kyoto Protocol and Global Warming (PDF) (Sallie Baliunas, Ph.D. Astrophysics, Harvard)

QUOTE (Sallie Baliunas)

a worldwide 5% cut in carbon dioxide emissions from 1990 levels, would reduce temperatures an insignificant 0.06°C

The Kyoto Protocol is Dead (Reason Magazine)
The Press Gets It Wrong - Our report doesn't support the Kyoto treaty (The Wall Street Journal)
Truth about Kyoto: huge profits, little carbon saved (The Guardian, UK)

Global Warming Fact...

Global warming alarmists would have you believe that a rise in CO2 causes temperature rise. However, this is exactly the opposite of what is actually happening. In general temperatures have risen 400-1000 years BEFORE CO2 starts to rise

Global Warming Fact...

Global Warming Facts