G8 Fail Climate Change Vows - USA,

Canada Worst of 8

 

By Erik Kirschbaum, BERLIN (Reuters)

None of the G8 countries have come close to fulfilling their pledges to fight climate change with the United States, Canada and Russia lagging especially far behind, a study published on Thursday found.

“We’re not going to be able to fathom what the world may be like in 20 years if we aren’t able to reduce emissions,” said Regine Guenther, head of climate policy at the WWF in Germany.

 

Editor’s Note: We need a combination of Carbon Taxes and Cap & Trade limits, to make a real impact in our GHG emissions.  The Carbon Tax will provide incentive for the average citizen to make intelligent decisions on a day by day basis, while reducing their personal footprint. The Cap & Trade system, properly implemented, will stop all increases in industrial carbon emissions and provide a controlled path for reducing the overall GHG levels. It permits industry to pick the most cost effective and financially rewarding methods to reduce their carbon outputs… without the government imposing specific directives… “use product A”.

We must act now.

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