ENVIRONMENT: Kyoto Protocol unleashes the friendly atom*

Green lobbyists have unwittingly been responsible for countries turning increasingly to nuclear power, writes Peter Westmore.Environmentalists – convinced that the world was on the brink of disaster through “global warming” – were delighted in 1997 when the UN Climate Change Convention in Japan drafted the Kyoto Protocol, which called for mandatory reduction of emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.But today they might be wondering whether their feelings of triumph were premature. Eight ye…

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