Kyoto Protocol gets the green light
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Russia formally ratified the Kyoto Protocol - aimed at curbing global greenhouse gas emissions - on Thursday. In doing so, it triggered a 90-day countdown to bring the international climate treaty into force.
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The Kyoto Protocol is by no means a &quot;mostly symbolic treaty,&quot; as a Nov. 6 editorial called it. If all countries -- including the United States -- lived up to the clean-air commitments negotiated in Kyoto, their
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Russia has formally joined the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, after President Vladimir Putin signed Russian ratification into law earlier this month.
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Russia appears set to approve the Kyoto climate change treaty, which could lead to its adoption worldwide.
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The Russian Duma (parliament) approved the Kyoto global warming treaty on Friday, prompting congratulations from environmentalists who blast the United States for not following suit.
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THE Russian government has approved the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and sent it to parliament for ratification. Until now, Moscow has wavered over the treaty, which can only go into force with Russian backing.
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MOSCOW - Russia's Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol on global warming Thursday, clearing the way for the worldwide adoption of the document once the Russian parliament ratifies it as widely expected.    The protocol must be ratified by no fewer than 55 countries that accounted for at least 55 percent of global emissions in 1990, and Russia's participation would tip the scale...
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Russia&#39;s upper house of parliament has ratified the Kyoto Protocol, leaving President Vladimir Putin&#39;s signature as the final step to kickstart global efforts to control climate change.
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The Russian government agreed to sign the Kyoto treaty, meaning the global climate accord probably will enter into force next year, irrespective of opposition from the US, the world&#39;s biggest polluter.
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President Vladimir Putin has signed the Kyoto Protocol, giving the final stamp of approval to bring the global climate pact into force early next year, the Kremlin said today.
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The Russian government has approved the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, clearing the way for parliament to vote on ratification of the pact.
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Russiaâs lower house of parliament voted in favour of ratifying the Kyoto protocol to curb climate change on Friday. Russiaâs state Duma voted 334 to 73 in favour of the climate treaty to cut global greenhouse gas emissions.
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The vote set the stage for enactment of the international treaty aimed at reducing emissions blamed for global warming.
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Russia&#39;s approval of the Kyoto Protocol this month released the brakes for an agreement that has been under international negotiations since 1997.
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MOSCOW -- Russia's Cabinet approved the worldwide Kyoto Protocol on global warming yesterday, clearing the way for implementation of the long-delayed United Nations pact.
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NAIROBI, Kenya  - Russia formally acceded Thursday to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming following its signing into law by President Vladimir Putin earlier this month.
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Politicians, industry leaders and environment groups across the world welcomed the news last night that Russia had rejuvenated international efforts to combat climate change by ratifying the Kyoto protocol.