A. No. The protocol has never been submitted to the senate for ratification. The Bush administration has referred to a vote on the non-binding Byrd-Hagel resolution, which registered views on some aspects of protocol negotiations. The vote on the Byrd-Hagel resolution took place prior to the conclusion of the Kyoto agreement, and before any of the flexibility mechanisms were established. The resolution was written so broadly that even strong supporters of the Kyoto Protocol, such as senators Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) voted for it. In doing so, Sen. Kerry said: "It is clear that one of the chief sponsors of this resolution, Senator Byrd . . . agrees … that the prospect of human-induced global warming as an accepted thesis with adverse consequences for all is here, and it is real…. Senator Lieberman, Senator Chafee and I would have worded some things differently… [but] I have come to the conclusion that these words are not a treaty killer." http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/akyotoqa.asp http://www.johnkerry.com/ http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Kyoto++Protocol+&sp-a=sp1001847f&sp-f=ISO-8859-1&sp-x=all&x=10&y=6 2. :: John Kerry for President - Quotes on Kerry’s Unsurpassed Leadership on the Environment :: ••• Quotes on Kerry’s Unsurpassed Leadership on the Environment
...change negotiations beginning at the 1992 Earth Summit and extending through Kyoto." --League of Conservation Voters Read More Here "From getting...
...to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and backed the Kyoto Protocols.wants 20% of America's electricity to come from renewable...
...water of Cape Cod, taking on corporate polluters - or the nation - ANWR, Kyoto, CAFE standards and much more - John has stepped forward to lead.... 73% Fri, 05 Mar 2004 15:52:50 GMT http://www.johnkerry.com/communities/enviros/quotes.html
3. :: John Kerry for President - Kerry rebukes Bush administration, lays out enviro agenda :: ••• Greenwire Article: Kerry rebukes Bush administration, lays out enviro agenda
...away pollute New England's air," Kerry said. "Instead of renegotiating the Kyoto Treaty to improve it, he simply repudiated it -- and isolated America...
...of global warming policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The Kyoto Protocol "is going to collapse, even if it's ratified," Ebell said. "Japan...
...is part of a broader foreign policy agenda. For the Bush administration, "Kyoto was the first salvo in a very consistent pattern," he said, a... 73% Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:20:08 GMT http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/clips/news_2003_...
4. :: John Kerry for President - Remarks on the Environment at the Kennedy Library in Boston :: ••• Environmental Speech and Discussion at the Kennedy Library in Boston
...to lead on this issue. But the second President Bush's declaration that the Kyoto Protocol was simply Dead on Arrival spoke for itself - and it spoke in...
...instantly around the globe. What the Administration failed to see was that Kyoto was not just an agreement; it represented the resolve of 160 nations... 72% Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:27:54 GMT http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2003_...
5. :: John Kerry for President - Foreign Policy Speech at Georgetown University :: ••• Foreign Policy Speech at Georgetown University, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
...high-handed treatment of our European allies, on everything from Iraq to the Kyoto climate change treaty, has strained relations nearly to the breaking...
...fled on the issue of global warming. President Bush's declaration that the Kyoto Protocol was simply Dead on Arrival spoke for itself - and it spoke in...
...instantly around the globe. But what the Administration failed to see was that Kyoto was not just an agreement - it was a product of 160 nations working... 72% Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:27:54 GMT http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2003 http://www.nytimes.com/ Kerry Condemns Bush for Failing to Back Aristide By DAVID E. SANGER and DAVID M. HALBFINGER John Kerry's critique on Haiti was emblematic of how he is using foreign policy and national security issues in his contest with President Bush. • Text: Kerry on Foreign Policy
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