Well, this is good news. After the strong Labour win just over a week ago, Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Prime Minister today, and as his first act, he began the ratification process of the Kyoto Protocol.
With John Howard no longer echoing his every move, Bush is now very, very alone.
From The Australian:
KEVIN Rudd has ratified the Kyoto Protocol as the first formal act of his Labor Government.
Mr Rudd said that following a meeting of the executive council – the decision-making body of government presided over by the Governor-General Michael Jeffery – it was agreed that Australia should be bound by the international climate change agreement.
The Howard Government signed the Kyoto Protocol after winning significant concessions in 1997, but never adopted it into law.
Mr Rudd campaigned on a platform of ratifying the agreement, which binds Australia to emissions of no more than 108 per cent compared with 1990 levels.
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After the Rudd Government’s action the instrument of ratification will sit with United Nations for 90 days until coming into force.
Continued: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22861942-11949,00.html
With John Howard no longer echoing his every move, Bush is now very, very alone.