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05/06/2003 A new survey has found that more than 80% of Americans support action on global warming. Of the 92% of Americans who had heard of global warming: * 75 percent are concerned about it * 90 percent think the United States should reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are said to cause global warming * 88 percent support the 1997 Kyoto Protocol among developed countries to collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions * 77 percent support regulation of carbon dioxide as a pollutant * 76 percent support the U.S. reducing emissions regardless of what other countries do * 71 percent support transferring federal subsidies from the fossil fuel industry to the renewable energy industry, raising coal, oil and natural gas prices while lowering the cost of wind, solar and biomass energy. * 54 percent support a 5 percent "gas guzzler" tax on less fuel-efficient
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Latest Campaign News KYOTO MARCH - Saturday 12 February 2005 In February the Kyoto Protocol finally comes into force. Join the Campaign Against Climate Change on a march in central London to mark the occassion by protesting the US' refusal to join the Protocol. Assemble at Lincoln's Inn Fields at 11.30. For more information go to www.campaign againstclimatechange.net Esso up to old tricks on Kyoto Governments from around the world met in Buenos Aires to discuss protecting the climate under the Kyoto Protocol. Greenpeace sent a delegation to the conference to keep an eye on the activities of Esso and other fossil fuel lobbies.more "Global warming is a conspiracy against America" As a taste of what is to come during a second Bush term Myron Ebell, an advisor to President Bush on climate issues, recently argued that global warming is a myth cooked up by the EU to 'hamper American competitiveness'... more Russia Ratifies The Russian parliament have voted to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which brings the treaty into force... more Chief Scientist: we need immediate action on climate change "Action is affordable, inaction is certainly not," says Sir David King, the UK governments chief scientist...more |
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