That sinking feeling Instead of cutting its emissions by 7 percent as agreed at Kyoto, he said, the sinks proposal would allow the United States to pump at least 1 percent more greenhouse gases than it did in 1990. With only days left to agree on issues that defied resolution for three years, conference chairman Jan Pronk said the chances of success were a toss-up. French Environment Minister Dominique Voynet said the United States was looking increasingly isolated in its push for countries to claim their own forests' natural absorption of carbon dioxide as credits against emissions targets. Copyright and Fair Use . SDNP Bangladesh holds the copyright to its publications and web pages but encourages duplication of these materials for noncommercial purposes.
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