And America has achieved Kyoto standards by switching from natural gas to coal.
Australia went all green but then realized after spending billions trying to reduce emissions they were shipping coal to countries without pollution controls.
China is starting to consider going green as the pollution levels in Beijing continue to endanger lives.
Since China pollutes more than the US now, this is key.
India? This is going to be a tougher nut to crack. Easier for dictatorships like China to make changes than a do nothing democracy like the former British colony.
So there is some hope, but plenty that is out of the control of western nations.
And setbacks? Europe shutting down clean nuclear plants and replacing them with coal.
Same with Japan. The new Japanese leader Abe is looking at bringing back nuclear power but you can imagine it will be tough to get passed.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
"And now it's global COOLING! Record return of Arctic ice cap as it grows by 60% in a year
Almost a million more square miles of ocean covered with ice than in 2012
BBC reported in 2007 global warming would leave Arctic ice-free in summer by 2013
Publication of UN climate change report suggesting global warming caused by humans pushed back to later this month
A chilly Arctic summer has left nearly a million more square miles of ocean covered with ice than at the same time last year – an increase of 60 per cent.
The rebound from 2012’s record low comes six years after the BBC reported that global warming would leave the Arctic ice-free in summer by 2013. ...
