< The Bush administration has been strongly criticized by leaders and activists for rejecting the Kyoto Protocol, which many countries view as crucial for reversing a global warming trend that many scientists tie to a manmade increase in “greenhouse” gases like carbon dioxide.

Virtually ALL of Asia burns coal in the winter months to keep warm. To rephrase, virtually EVERY HOUSEHOLD in Asia burns coal. Taking in all the wasted energy this practice expels, as well as carbon soot and smoke, Asia could probably keep its people warm for years, with the resources destroyed in a single winter.

I won’t even go into faulty farm equipment which belches carcinogens by the lungful, or the state of the Pearl, Yangtze, and Yellow Rivers.

Was this ever addressed at the summit -- or was it merely pointed to as the obvious aftermath of the American Industrial Revolution?

It’s probably not important...
Dan