Bonn Climate Deal May Not Bring Down Emissions: “Backslapping

and cheers greeted Monday’s rescue of

the Kyoto accord on fighting global

warming but the pact, 10 years in the making, may not achieve its

stated goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions this decade.

According to calculations by the environmental lobby group

Greenpeace, the “loopholes” agreed to at the U.N. talks in Bonn

and at the original treaty discussions in Kyoto, Japan in 1997, may

mean emissions even go up instead of down.” Reuters

And: “the administration would be hard-pressed to

find a better alternative. While Kyoto is often maligned by the U.S. media —

the New York Times routinely calls it “flawed” — it is by many measures a

sweetheart deal for the U.S.” Tompaine.com