Word: protocol
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...senior White House negotiator at the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, which called for the stabilization of greenhouse gas emissions...
...models are not even close in suggesting Kyoto was the right approach." - former President George W. Bush's economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsey, dismissing Stern's work after Bush rejected the Kyoto Protocol (USA Today, June...
...business and government organizations, taking care of your own is basic protocol. Following every merger - even a distressed one, and Merrill was clearly the weaker entity - bosses on both sides start building the trench lines to protect as many of their people as possible. Are sacrifices made? Sure, that's expected, but you don't give up your guys easily. (See the worst business deals...
Worse, many experts consider the offset system deeply flawed. A 2008 Stanford University study found that between one-third and two-thirds of carbon offsets under the U.N.'s Clean Development Mechanism - which oversees offset projects under the Kyoto Protocol - do not represent actual emission cuts. In addition, the USCAP proposal recommends that many of the initial carbon emission allowances under a cap-and-trade system should be given to industry free, rather than auctioned - even though auctioning would push carbon reductions faster. (President-elect Obama has said he's in favor of auctions.) "The proposal is a dead...
...total, Bush has protected an oceanic area larger than Texas, a rare act worthy of praise in an administration with a dismal record of environmental stewardship—from refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol to recently pushing through midnight regulations that allow coal-power plants to be built nearer to national parks. While it may be true that Bush “has done more to protect unique areas of the world’s oceans than any other person in history” as Joshua Reichert, managing director of the Pew Environmental Group, told the New York Times...