What Was the Primary Reason That Successive U

question 11

Multiple Choice

What was the primary reason that successive U. S. presidents have not submitted the Kyoto Protocol for Senate ratification?

• A) The economic cost of the agreement was prohibitively expensive.
• B) Not enough Senators are convinced of the science behind "global warming."
• C) China and India, as major greenhouse gas emitters, are not party to the Kyoto Protocol.
• D) None of the above is true.

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