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Sins of Emissions
Sins of Emission
By Dieter Helm
13 March 2008
The Wall Street Journal Europe
(Copyright (c) 2008, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.)
EU leaders will gather today and tomorrow in Brussels to sign off on the European Commission's proposals to cut carbon emissions by 20% by 2020 -- with the added bait of a 30% reduction if the U.S. and other countries make meaningful commitments. For the U.S., it appears that the question is no longer about whether it will adopt targets, but rather about how and what.
To some this all looks like good progress. Yet it is based upon the very shaky arithmetic of the Kyoto Protocol and its legacy. The Kyoto framework looks at the emissions that countries produce within their borders, and this is seductively flattering. Both the U.S. and Europe have seen their CO2 output growth slowing even as economic growth has marched on. It might appear that economic growth and emissions have been decoupled.
Bali Humbug
Bali Humbug.
That is what it is, pure humbug, that results in nothing postive at all. It amounted to a large media event, from which we heard reports of tough negotiaitons trying to get hard targets for emmission reductions.
Aren't our politicians just gre
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