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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (63629)	5/6/2008 8:01:01 AM
From: Bridge Player	Read Replies (1) of 542450

This was in the link that you posted on Russia approving Kyoto. "Since the US, the world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases, pulled out three years ago, the treaty has been dependent on Russian ratification. Russia accounts for 17% of world emissions. President Putin ended the confusion over Russia's stance in May, when he spoke of his desire to see the treaty ratified. But divisions remained among his aides. His chief economic adviser, Andrei Illarionov, said the treaty would stifle economic growth. Kremlin economists have questioned how Russia could reduce greenhouse gas emissions when it is enjoying an industrial revival and has set itself the target of doubling GDP within a decade. This week, top Russian scientists advised against ratification, claiming there was no evidence linking greenhouse gas emissions to climate change. " Gee, those Russian scientists must be in cahoots with the evil Bush administration, huh? How else could they believe that? I would love to know exactly what the Russian "obligations" are under the treaty they propose to sign. Especially when Russia is pushing to make coal account for 37 per cent of the sector's fuel balance by 2015, up from 28 per cent today.

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