CW In The House
So Simon tells me that, quietly, America the only country to meet the Kyoto Protocol (recall, dear reader, that in 1997, 191 states agreed to legally binding limitations/reductions in greenhouse gases. The US signed, but did not ratify the agreement). Why ? Natural gas and shale fracking.
The US projects that 60,000 megawatts of coal-fired production, about 1-fifth production, will be retired by 2020. Coal still accounts for 40% of US power but down half from a decade ago. Gas not only cleaner, it's a heck of a lot cheaper, too.
And, locally, Britain's urban rivers are the cleanest they have been in 20 years, according to a 21-year study by Cardiff university. Despite river temps rising 1-2 degrees since 1991 from global warming (reducing water O2 levels, bad), small invertebrates are thriving. Cities have done their job.
