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Originally posted by Sinapus:

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Originally posted by trooper:

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Originally posted by Some1:
If the US would have signed Kyoto,...

You forgot : If the US would stop building and selling antipersonal mines...

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...it wouldn't put a dent in the number of mines used/deployed worldwide.

(...similar reasons for Kyoto, actually. Funny that.)

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Yes, it would put a dent in the number of mines used worldwide.

Now, three years after the initial signing of the Mine Ban Treaty in Ottawa, 137 nations have signed and 100 have ratified this agreement. States party to the treaty are destroying their stockpiles of antipersonnel land mines; exports of these indiscriminate weapons have, in a matter of years, gone from a flood to a trickle; and demining efforts in dozens of countries are giving people back their land.

Despite this revolutionary success, unfortunately, several states, including Russia and China, have yet to accede to the Mine Ban Treaty. Not surprisingly, Iraq, Libya, and North Korea, notorious culprits when it comes to complying with weapons regulations, have not yet joined either. Many Americans, however, would be shocked to know that the United States is part of this list of usual suspects that produce, deploy, and develop antipersonnel land mines, weapons that maim or kill more than 22,000 civilians a year.

ICBL!

Kyoto Protocol Most US citizens would like the US to sign the Kyoto treaty
Percentage of Pollution by the US
No proof humans are heating up the big place!