VOL. XLIV

No. 14

2-APRIL-2001

ENVIRONMENT

Bush Administration Drops Kyoto Protocol, EU Expresses Worry

The administration of US President George W Bush has said it will not support the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 treaty that calls for industrialized countries to respond to global warming by reducing the volume of greenhouse gases they produce. At a press conference in Washington on 28 March, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said: "The President has been unequivocal. He does not support the Kyoto...