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Kyoto: Why We Can't Say No
In August of 2005 Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf of Mexico, causing over 1,604 deaths, 705 cases of missing persons, and at least seventy-five billion dollars worth of damages. Over half a million people were left impoverished and displaced. In our time of need, the United States looked to other countries for donations, and received nearly a billion dollars from over seventy governments. But as we were to soon find out, had the decision rested on the shoulders of the citizens of those countries alone, we would not have gotten much aid from anyone. Many people in other countries saw Hurricane Katrina as a just punishment for the United States' refusal to implement the Kyoto Protocol. "Well, what's that?" asked millions of Americans in confused unison. And some still do not know the answer.
The Kyoto Protocol is a treaty drafted in Kyoto, Japan (hence the name) in 1997 at the Conference of Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on......

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