The declining health of Mother Earth has drawn growing attention over the last two decades, with countries coming together to fight a range of environmental threats, from declining fishing stocks to global warming.
Witness the Kyoto Protocol, the first widely adopted set of environmental protection guidelines, which emerged during the 1990s and took effect in 2005. Kyoto led to the development of the first large-scale emissions trading market, Europe's Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme, which puts caps on carbon dioxide pollution. A similar carbon market, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, began operating at the start of this year in 10 Eastern U.S. states.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/194082
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Many thanks for your comment on my blog. I'm glad the headline had the effect I wanted it to have. I've gone tru ur blog. LIke this story on the world's cleanest countries. I'm sure Nigeria is still very far from this rating. We are still neck-deep in dirt and squalor. Take good care and please stay in touch. Loads of love.
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