It's Official: Russia Now On Board for Kyoto Protocol

Why the Hold Up?

Read the FOIA documents.

ExxonMobil and its cronies in Washington have tried to sabotage the Protocol since its inception.

"ExxonMobil is now out in the cold as the rest of the world moves forward to start tackling global warming, the greatest threat to civilization the world has ever seen," said Kert Davies, Greenpeace Research Director.

Visit exxonsecrets.org to find out who is likely to be grumbling about Russia's ratification and who their corporate contacts are.

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Moving Ahead Without Us

With approval, the Kyoto Protocol will enter into force and become international law, a decision likely to happen within a few weeks. The Protocol must be ratified by no less than 55 countries accounting for at least 55 percent of global emissions in 1990, so Russia could finally tip the scale.

The United States and Australia have not yet ratified the treaty, but they are definitely in the minority on this one - as of July 29 2004, 124 countries have ratified.