Bravo Kevin Rudd: signs Australia up to Kyoto immediately

[malaise]

after swearing in ceremony

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/03/2108345.htm
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has signed the instrument of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.

Mr Rudd says it is the first official act of the new Government and demonstrates the commitment to tackling climate change.

The ratification document will be sent to the United Nations and it comes into effect 90 days after that.

Mr Rudd says Australia will be a full member of the Kyoto Protocol before March next year.

The agreement means Australia's greenhouse gas emissions should not be higher than 8 per cent above 1990 levels.

Ratifying the treaty was one of Labor's major campaign promises.
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[Tyler Durden]

1. Good Start. NOW send your Navy out to protect the whales...

From the Japanese Commercial Whaling Fleet.

[malaise]

2. It's a great start n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Bravissimo! nt