United States of America
President George W. Bush
Although U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Kyoto Protocol on November 12, 1998, he did not submit the accord to the U.S. Senate for ratification, so it has never been in force in the United States. After his election in 2000, President George Bush announced that the United States was withdrawing from negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol. The following is excerpted from President Bush’s June 11, 2001, White House announcement of U.S. policy on climate change.I’ve just met with senior members of my administration who are working to develop an effective and science-based approach to address the important issues of…
