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To: Kenneth V. McNutt who wrote (213547)	12/31/2001 3:17:21 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

because of our vast forest and grasslands,.. You must be kidding! Have you been out there to look at those so-called "vast forest and grasslands"? As I drive through the Willapa Hills, I see signs announced 3rd and 4th cutting by Weyhauser. The trees are small and spindly. As I hike in the Cascades and Olympics, I see vast signs of clearcuts. As I drive over Snoqualmie Pass or Stevens Pass, I see more vast areas of clearcuts. There are very few old growth trees left in Washington or Oregon. The grasslands have been plowed under for agriculture. The Bush Administration is doing everything it can to promote the cutting of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska.

To: Kenneth V. McNutt who wrote (213547)	12/31/2001 3:50:23 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Japan is dropping the Kyoto agreement Japan casts aside Kyoto agreement: report TOKYO, Japan --Japan has effectively abandoned the Kyoto Protocol limiting greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report released Sunday. Japanese industry groups have forced the government to drop mandatory restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto agreement, making it unlikely Tokyo will be able to meet its reduction targets, the Yomiuri newspaper said. The decision by an Environment Ministry policy board, under pressure from corporate lobbies, to impose only voluntary limits on carbon dioxide emissions would spell doom for Japan's six percent reduction goal. The newspaper quoted an unidentified member of the panel, which is drafting Japan's strategy to fight global warming, as saying there is nothing in its upcoming report that directly commits companies to cut back on polluting. Economic slump blamed Reducing emissions by 6 percent from the benchmark year of 1990 will be all the more formidable for Japan because the nation's carbon dioxide levels have risen about 17 percent over the past decade. The nation's deep economic slump is also likely to make corporate Japan fight harder against any measures that increase the costs of production. Japan plans to ratify the international treaty on global warming in June, 2002 during its regular session of Parliament. Seeing the protocol to fruition is a matter of national pride for Japan, which basked in the international attention of brokering the deal in 1997. However, after the United States pulled out of the pact in March, Japan questioned whether there was any meaning in ratifying it without the world's biggest industrial power -- and polluter -- on board. Japan's decision to ratify the protocol came in November, months after European nations had collectively announced they would approve the treaty even without Washington's participation. The Associated Press contributed to this report. cnn.com