> we need words of encouragement

Point taken Musick. I recently spoke to lady who has put years into the Kyoto project, and she, needless to say, was very disheartened. She feels if this first important agreement completely caves in then there will not be much point in her working on. Sadly, it seems things will have to get far worse before they can get better.
...I'm always good for a bit of encouragement, eh ;-)

I've heard that the Bush administration has copped a fair amount of criticism domestically concerning this issue. Can't they start some Senate veto, or a petition or something to stop them (I'm a real expert on politics)???.