Kyoto Oops: 'Greenhouse' Gases Continue To Rise Looks like the EU isn't really practicing what it preaches, since 10 of the 15 EU nations failed to meet lower Kyoto standards. You remember Kyoto, right? Europe soundly criticized the US because we failed to sign it when we realized our economy would tank by 25% in order to achieve a 1 degree Celcius change in 'global warming' by 2050. Meanwhile, allowing Mexico, India, etc. to pollute to their heart's content. France, at least has stabilized its Kyoto-sanctioned emissions. How? NUCLEAR POWER. Wasn't that the left-wing bad boy a few years ago? In Britain they are switiching to gas. So they aren't actually cutting any real pollution, just changing the nature of the pollution from the things mentioned in the Kyoto protocol. Biggest offender? My favorite 'European country that says screw European group think' -- Spain. Up almost a third since 1990, the base year for Kyoto. Article Here