THERE THEY GO, DISREGARDING TREATIES AGAIN... (via Mike Daley)

EU greenhouse gas emissions rise (Gareth Harding, 5/6/2003, UPI)

European Union greenhouse gas emissions rose for the second year running in 2001, the European Environment Agency said Tuesday in its annual report on the bloc's strategy to curb global warming.

Ten of the EU's 15 states overshot national targets, increasing total emissions by 1 percent in the last year for which data is available.

The figures threaten to blow a hole in the EU's ambitious climate change strategy, which has been sharply criticized by the United States and sections of European industry.

Under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which has been ratified by the EU, Japan and Canada but rejected by the United States and Australia, the Brussels-based club is committed to cutting greenhouse gases by 8 percent on their 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012.

Here's a dirty little secret for you: they'll ignore the International Criminal Court too the first time one of their own is indicted. Posted by Orrin Judd at May 6, 2003 10:22 PM