[finnman69]

Big Auzzie Bump!

[rintense]

Way to go, mates! Now what about the socialist... er, um, liberals in NZ? What will they do?

[FourPeas]

"It is not in Australia's interests to ratify the Kyoto protocol," Howard told parliament.

"For us to ratify the protocol would cost us jobs and damage our industry. That is why the Australian government will continue to oppose ratification," Howard said.

Good for him. He understands the underlying politics of Kyoto.

[dead]

I thought Australia rejected Kyoto over a year ago.

Oh well, if they want to stick another knife into it's rotting bloody carcass, good for them.

[brbethke]

I love the embedded editorializing:

...the United States, the world's biggest polluter...

Really? There are open-pit coalmine fires burning in China and India that dwarf American exhaust emissions, and have for decades.

[cake_crumb]

"Australia's rejection of the Kyoto treaty on Wednesday comes a day after Japan ratified the treaty and urged nations like Russia and the United States, the world's biggest polluter, to sign up."

China is the world's largest polluter. Kyoto is a socialist, Third Way, wealth distribution plan which will do NOTHING toward cutting emmissions of so-called greenhouse gasses. Good for Australia for trashing it.

I hate CNN.

[kidd]

...Russia and the United States, the world's biggest polluter...

First of all, CO2 is not pollution

Second, if the amount of CO2 consumed by trees is taken into account, the United States and Russia are some of the biggest net consumers of CO2.

I hate CNN.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

...the United States, the world's biggest polluter...

Mighty strong words for a news service that doesn't know a terrorist when it sees one (or employs one, for that matter).

Tim

[Southack]

Nice of the Aussies to join the U.S. in rejecting Kyoto, but the acrid smell of Leftists still pervades the article.

For one thing, while the U.S. is the largest consumer of power, it is not the largest polluter. That distinction goes to Asia.

Ah, but it just wouldn't be CNN if they actually got their facts straight...

[The G Man]

To quote the Crocodile Hunter, "Aw, yeah ... thets a BEUUUTY!"

[dixiechick2000]

This is fantastic! Good on ya', Aussies!

[Bob J]

One of biggest flim flams of this entire treaty is the exceptions made for "developing" countries, including China. It is another attempt from the socialists to hamstring vibrant, capitalist countries while favoring the third world. Either it's necessary and needs to be implemented across the board or it's a ruse. I find it quite amusing that developing countries are given a pass based on economic issues, but when the US or Australia raise the same question, they're denounced as greedy. This proves it's not a principled position on the dangers of greenhouse gases, it's about money, money, money.