Bush din't want to go through with Kyoto just because it would hurt American Interest, there's more to it.
The US is the most dominate player on the economic level. While we do need to cleanup our act, we cannot abide by the Kyoto agreement without damaging our economy. We need to change, but it needs to be at a slower pace than was the Kyoto agreement requests.
If the US were damaged on an economic level, the rest of the world would also hurt. This was Bush's point, though the media never reported that aspect. I saw it by way of the BBC in Europe.
My understanding is that it wasn't most of congress who voted against it, but it was a unanimous decision.
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Bush din't want to go through with Kyoto just because it would hurt American Interest, there's more to it.
The US is the most dominate player on the economic level. While we do need to cleanup our act, we cannot abide by the Kyoto agreement without damaging our economy. We need to change, but it needs to be at a slower pace than was the Kyoto agreement requests.
If the US were damaged on an economic level, the rest of the world would also hurt. This was Bush's point, though the media never reported that aspect. I saw it by way of the BBC in Europe.
My understanding is that it wasn't most of congress who voted against it, but it was a unanimous decision.