Somewhere in Texas, on a cold morning, an old cowboy is squatting around the camp fire on a chilly day, holding that hot cup of coffee just a foot from the fire and, smacking his lips, he grunts - "noooope, there just ain't no such thing as global warming. Toooo damn chilly this mornin'"
Well, if you haven't seen Al Gore's updated views since an Inconvenient Truth, you ought to - click here. The issue, for Gore, is no longer how do we prove to the public that global warming is real. It is do we have the political will to move it to the top of our agenda? Can all three generations the world over approach this very serious and deadly issue with the same determination that people all over the world did when they prepared for WWI and WWII?
Joseph E. Stiglitz, in his book Making Globalization Work, argues that environmental polluters, such as the USA, should be economically punished (pp.176 - 177). He points out that the USA set a precedent at the WTO when it forced Thailand to use turtle-friendly nets when catching shrimp. If Thailand had refused, the USA would have been within their right to level trade sanctions. Stiglitz argues that this should hold for U.S. business that destroy the environment. This, in effect, would force the USA to adhere to International protocols (i.e. Kyoto) even thought they refuse to sign.
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