Kyoto Protocol

          The Kyoto Protocol is a legally binding agreement through the United Nations under which industrialized nations reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases. The goal is to lower emissions from six kinds of greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide, methane, sulfur, hexaflouride, HFC's, and PFC's.

           Both the Clinton and Bush administrations refused to sign the pact saying it is flawed because it fails to hold developing countries such as China to the same mandatory greenhouse gas emissions caps as the industrial nations. I tend to agree. If other nations are not following the rules of the pact, then what is the point of even having one? In my opinion, nations should be held accountable especially id they signed and agreed to the Kyoto Protocol. However, I do think that countries should be more conscious of their greenhouse gas emissions. We all live on the same planet and will eventually have to reap the consequences of everyones decisions.