Roger W. Norman wrote:

It also doesn't do anything towards lessening global warming because
countries that are signatories of the accord could sell off their overages
to countries that had deficiences, thus allow countries like India and China
to continue to over produce CO2 while countries in Africa who don't burn
anything worth concern could profit from selling their own underages and the
world would still be the same.

Actually China is attempting to do more to solve the problem than the US
is. Pick up the new issue of Newsweek. Much of it is devoted to
environmental and energy issues. A very good read.

You can also see it online:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4264305/site/newsweek/