With the Democrats winning control of both the Senate and House of Representatives in the recent US elections, Senator Barbara Boxer will take over as chairman of the US Senate Environmental Public Works Committee and has pledged to introduce legislation to curb greenhouse gases. The legislation is likely to be modeled after a new California law that seeks to cut California’s emissions by 25 percent, dropping them to 1990 levels by 2020. Read the article at MSNBC by clicking here.
So the Democrats aren’t talking about signing Kyoto? Why not?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.