Green Party on Energy & Oil Party Platform

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions now; more later

Greens believe the following are possible, if we are to make a start on protecting our global climate. It is imperative that we strive for no less:
• An early target must still be set to prevent emissions rising so far that future reductions become even more difficult.
• Allowing sinks and trading within the protocol will create such loopholes that no real reductions will occur.
• It is said that U.S. industries emit over 20% of greenhouse gases globally. As a nation, we must implement public and private initiatives at every level to support the “GLOBAL CLIMATE TREATY” signed at the “Earth Summit” in 1992, committing industrial nations within a time framework to reducing emissions to 1990 levels.
• GREENHOUSE GASES and the threat of GLOBAL WARMING must be addressed by the international community in concert, through international treaties and conventions, with the industrial nations at the forefront of this vital effort.