The Warmth

The UN commission on climate change is meeting in Canada this week. Top on the agenda is the development of a plan to extend the Kyoto Protocol past its current “commitment period” which ends in 2012. Guess who doesn’t want to extend the Kyoto Protocol? Guess who thinks working on restricting global emissions should be a voluntary endeavor rather than a legal mandate? Guess who’s the biggest polluter on the planet? Yeah, it’s us, the U.S. Even though, once again, I may not get to feel that warm glow of pride from the knowledge that we’re joining with others to take some small steps to protect the planet, I can anticipate the warmth that will come later from the global warming crises on the way.
Foto Credit of the Komodo Dragon: Joy