China Calls Canada's Kyoto Protocol Withdrawal 'Regrettable'
On Monday, Canada announced plans to back out of the Kyoto Protocol (presumably so they can pollute more without feeling guilty about it), just a day after the treaty had been renewed at a conference in Durban, South Africa.
While China, remains one of the two largest polluters in the world, they have at least made a commitment and are working towards a greener environment.
Who's the other largest polluter you ask? The US, which never signed the Kyoto Protocol.
Can the US Live Up to Its Climate Pledge?
In 2008 Obama made a lot of promises in regard to the environment and green technologies, but the subject has become almost taboo lately. No one wants to mention what kind of visible effects we're now having on the environment. But as one of the largest polluters in the world, we have to recognize that we're not just destroying our country.
Sinking Feeling: More Bad News for Pacific Island Nations
Entire islands are on the verge of disappearing. And the global climate only needs to rise by 2C to release the methane trapped in the arctic permafrost.
The easiest and quickest way to not only fix our environment, but also decrease our dependency on foreign oil would be to outlaw the manufacturing of fuel dependent cars. Require all cars manufactured after say.. 2014 be either hybrids or electric. We have the technology, we should use it. And the increased demand will lower the cost of electric cars, and improve the technology over time.
Not only that, but require all buildings built to be made energy independent, as well as set standards that each state receive a certain amount of energy from solar or wind and have standards that business and government buildings have solar panels. Not only would all of these cut our carbon emissions, reduce our dependency on oil, but it would also create jobs. But none of this would never happen because corporations have way too much say in how our government is run.
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