Ncpa: Mission Not Accomplished in Montreal; Majority of Countries Attending Have Substantially Increased Emissions

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DALLAS, Dec. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The only progress made at the Montreal summit on climate change is publication of a "rule" book specifying how emissions will be measured and emissions trades accounted for, and how penalties will be assessed for failure to meet goals, according to NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett.

"But about the only thing attendees really accomplished at the Montreal summit was to add tons of greenhouse gases into the air by traveling there," Burnett said. "It's highly unlikely that the majority of countries represented at the conference and facing mandatory emissions reductions -- including Canada, Japan and 11 of the 15 European Union countries -- will meet emissions targets required by the Kyoto Protocol."

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Ncpa: Mission Not Accomplished in Montreal; Majority of Countries Attending Have Substantially Increased Emissions

In addition, penalties for failure to meet emissions targets rely upon a second accounting peri...

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