Comments on: Copenhagen: Not Enough…Tuvalu Gone, But Still Hope for NYC http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/19/copenhagen-not-enoughtuvalu-gone-but-still-hope-for-nyc/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Tom http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/19/copenhagen-not-enoughtuvalu-gone-but-still-hope-for-nyc/#comment-25429 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:38:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4233#comment-25429 I’m astonished at all the talk of binding agreements with apparently no comprehension that the United States and possibly many other governments cannot possibly be bound by anything their delegate may agree to in such a meeting. The United States can only be bound by a treaty ratified by the United States Senate. Even the President cannot commit the U.S. to an international agreement. All that a delegate or representative can do is bring a proposal to the Executive, who can submit it to the Senate for ratification. All suggestions and attempts to bind the U.S. by agreement by a delegate are thus stillborn unless the political climate in the U.S. favors the agreement. This Constitutional requirement for ratification by the Senate was devised precisely to prevent the Executive from binding the nation without approval by the body that represents the States and, thereby, the people.

]]> By: Tom http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/19/copenhagen-not-enoughtuvalu-gone-but-still-hope-for-nyc/#comment-8467 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:38:10 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4233#comment-8467 I’m astonished at all the talk of binding agreements with apparently no comprehension that the United States and possibly many other governments cannot possibly be bound by anything their delegate may agree to in such a meeting. The United States can only be bound by a treaty ratified by the United States Senate. Even the President cannot commit the U.S. to an international agreement. All that a delegate or representative can do is bring a proposal to the Executive, who can submit it to the Senate for ratification. All suggestions and attempts to bind the U.S. by agreement by a delegate are thus stillborn unless the political climate in the U.S. favors the agreement. This Constitutional requirement for ratification by the Senate was devised precisely to prevent the Executive from binding the nation without approval by the body that represents the States and, thereby, the people.

]]> By: LUCAS ROSARIO http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/19/copenhagen-not-enoughtuvalu-gone-but-still-hope-for-nyc/#comment-8466 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:02:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4233#comment-8466 Sir;

There are many small inititives like solar lamps and windmills, but an inititiave that can have a large impact on climate change is Biodiesel and Ethanol which every country can try to replace fossil fuels not by subsidies but as a good business proposal that can benefit all the stakeholders.

So that billions of tons of CO2 can be reduced, nothing can drive the climate change like a good and profitable project can.

regards,

LUCAS ROSARIO

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/19/copenhagen-not-enoughtuvalu-gone-but-still-hope-for-nyc/#comment-8465 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:11:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4233#comment-8465 Good coverage on this, Susan.

Thanks for this.

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