VOL. XLIV

No. 20

14-May-2001

ENVIRONMENT

PIRINC Paper Supports Bush On Kyoto

The New York-based Petroleum Industry Research Foundation Inc (PIRINC) has published a study which supports US President George W Bushs decision to abandon the Kyoto Protocol and suggests that efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions should emphasize the development and testing of "low-cost first steps that can set the stage for more dramatic progress later."

The paper, entitled "If Not Kyoto, What Next?," says that...