The article starts out by stating that "the science has been settled" which means that it is now proven that global warming exists. the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 so the environmental ministers are meeting so that something can actively be done about global warming. Since the United States has had a republican in office the US has been against the Kyoto Protocol, it is suggested that if there was a democrat in office that this could change. The Us is in company with China who also isn't willing to set any emission caps on greenhouse gases. The European Union is one of the few countries that is actively working towards controlling the carbon emissions that are being let off by factories. Developing countries like India are not worried about the emissions yet because they are just being started.
I feel that this article will really hit the reader when they read about the United States because usually you feel that this is a superior country to most and when it is said that they are one of the leading emitters and they are doing as well as not wanting to do anything about it, it makes one wonder. Also i feel that developing countries should have to worry about emissions because it is also going into the air. Though i do feel that there should be a lot of give with them there should still be a limit.
Source : http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689230,00.html
Author : Bryan Walsh
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