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Kyoto Protocol

• September 14 -- More Hot Air on Bush's Environmental Record
A front-page story by Felicity Barringer insists: "For many environmental groups, Mr. Bush's legacy was assured in his first year, thanks to highly publicized decisions that effectively repudiated Clinton administration positions. Mr. Bush backed off a campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide and abandoned the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to reduce heat-trapping gases linked to global warming." But Kyoto was repudiated by the Senate during the Clinton years.

• January 2 -- The U.S. vs. the U.N--Guess Which Side the Times Takes?
Amidst a laundry list of alleged Bush sins against internationalism, a Times editorial defends the United Nations against the "unilateral" U.S. and laments "Washington's rush to invade" Iraq.

• December 11 -- Kyoto Curtailed by White House
The Times rehashes criticism of Bush for not backing the environmental Kyoto Protocol, and again fails to note Bush isn't the first to reject the Kyoto Protocol--the Senate did so while Clinton was in office.

• December 4 -- Kyoto: Russia Balks, But Bush Blamed
Russia is having second thoughts about ratifying the environmental decree known as the Kyoto Protocol, but instead of pinning the "blame" on Russia, a Times editorial finds a more appealing bogeyman: "Indeed, it can be argued that Russia would not be having second thoughts about the Kyoto accord had Mr. Bush himself decided not to bail out."

• December 3 -- Bush Killed Kyoto?
A lead story laments the apparent killing of the Kyoto Protocol, which would have required draconian cuts in the output of greenhouse gases on the part of industrial nations: "The Bush administration rejected the pact, essentially giving Russia veto power over its enactment." But it wasn't just Bush: The U.S. Senate rejected Kyoto by 95-0 in 1997.

• August 4 -- A Coal Mine of Bias
The Times editorializes on a Senate proposal to limit global warming, “an issue on which the world has spoken clearly [via the Kyoto Protocol] but Congress has remained irresponsibly silent for too long.” But Congress did speak on the issue--just not the way the Times wanted.