... the matter even worse. Deforestations have been a problem for many years now. The acts of clearing forests and destroying natural recourses have left trees barely standing. Global warming caused by carbon dioxide and the greenhouse effect has also contributed to the dilemma (BBC, 2000). During the three decades, the issue of great global concern has risen. Environmental laws and treaties have ... one law and effect that seriously punished sky borne polluters. Quebe Environment Minister Andre Boisclair asked business leaders to use the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty to cut down air pollution a...

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... better ways of reducing gas emissions than those set forth in the Kyoto Protocol. According to Meyer son the Kyoto Protocol is a pact for countries to reduce their yearly net carbon emissions for the years of 2008-12. The Protocol states that the agreeing countries hold emissions to specific percentages of their 1990 emission levels (Meyerson 115). The Treaty would insure ... United States reduce greenhouse gases by seven percent below 1990 levels (Fletcher). The people behind the Kyoto Protocol want to decrease as many greenhouse gases as possible, but Carbon Dioxide is their main focu...

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... reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The treaty they produced, known as the Kyoto Protocol, stated: "The goal is for Annex 1 (developed countries plus economies in transition) to reduce their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by at least 5 percent below 1990 levels in the commitment period 2008 to 2012 "[Man98]. This treaty stated that only the highly industrialized and developed nations meet the ... ...

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... planet. On the other hand, articles found at explorezone.com maintain that sea levels will rise at least two meters over the next few hundred years. Also, if increases of carbon dioxide remain unchecked, the Amazon rainforest will disappear. Coastal flooding will occur even if greenhouse gas emission is zeroes, because heat will gradually penetrate deeper and deeper in the ocean. Other ... ...

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... last July. It takes the form of a question. "Why," the Journal asks, "Why require the nations of this planet to spend the hundreds of billions of dollars necessary to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions when we don't even know if the earth's climate is getting permanently hotter or if that temperature change is caused by human activity or if that change ... ...

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