Anybody remember what the US Senate voted on Kyoto? I do. 95 against. 0 in favor. 4 absent.
Here’s why:
President Bush said in a Danish TV interview aired Thursday that adhering to the Kyoto treaty on climate change would have “wrecked” the U.S. economy, and he called U.S. dependence on Gulf oil a “national security problem.”
“I couldn’t in good faith have signed Kyoto,” Bush told the Danish Broadcasting Corp., noting that the treaty did not include other nations _ including India and China _ that he called “big polluters.”
In Bush’s view, the Kyoto treaty’s mandatory limits also would not ensure that climate risks would be addressed unless countries like China also make emission cuts. He also says more study is needed to determine whether human activity is primarily to blame for rising temperatures.
The interview was recorded Wednesday at the White House. Bush will visit Denmark next week before going to a G-8 summit in Scotland.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to make cutting greenhouse gas emissions a key theme at the G-8 meeting. On Wednesday, Blair told The Associated Press it was not possible to persuade the United States to implement the Kyoto Protocol.
VIA LGF
Given that exactly ZERO senators voted for ratification and Bush simply announced this, why did Bush get the blame for NO Kyoto in an election year?
I know it could not be partisan politics, so I would love to hear from the “reality based” community on this.