Why Has the United States Been Reluctant to Join Other

question 13

Multiple Choice

Why has the United States been reluctant to join other countries in carrying out the Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse gases?

• A) It would have to pay a significant amount of the costs.
• B) It would receive relatively few benefits.
• C) Other industrialized countries have refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
• D) There is inadequate evidence that carbon gases cause global warning.

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