Kerry Touts US CO2 Reduction Achievements – Then Says it Hasn’t Done Enough

By Patrick Goodenough  May 15, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the United States was now emitting less carbon dioxide than required by both the expired Kyoto Protocol and an aborted U.S. cap-and-trade bill – but then added that it was still not doing enough to combat climate change.   Speaking in Sweden, where he was attending a meeting of countries with interests in the Arctic, Kerry identified climate change as his top priority when setting future policies in the ecologically-sensitive far northern region.  “The Arctic is a precious treasure for all of the world,” he told reporters at the Arctic Council meeting in Kiruna, a town north of the Arctic Circle. “And the United States recognizes that we are one of the two major contributors to global emissions [of carbon dioxide and other “greenhouse gases” blamed for climate change]. More than 50 percent of the world’s emissions come from two countries, China and the United States.”….To Read More….