Repudiation and regret: is the United States sitting out the Kyoto Protocol to its economic detriment? From: Environmental Law | Date: March 22, 2007| Author: Shaffner, Eric | COPYRIGHT 2007 Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The moral and scientific reasoning behind the United States' refusal to become a party to the Kyoto Protocol has been debated and the potential environmental consequences of that decision cannot be ignored But what about the effect on the American economy? Do United States business leaders, many of whom pushed hardest against ratification, stand to suffer in the long term? Are there sectors of the economy, particularly those specializing in "green energy" solutions, that will lose ground to...

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