000). The author also explains that "one of the first policy initiatives of the Clinton–Gore team in 1993 was to propose a tax on the energy content of fuels, known as a British Thermal Unit (BTU) tax, in an effort to penalize heavy greenhouse gas polluters (Schreurs, 2000, 178)."
             As you can see there were many reasons to believe that America would play an instrumental role in the development and participation in international efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions. In fact, the Clinton Administration was extremely supportive of the Kyoto Treaty and even committed the United States as one of the signatory nations; however support for the treaty did not extend beyond his administration. Over the next few paragraphs we will focus on the current position of the United States on the Kyoto Treaty.
             The United States position on the Kyoto Treaty
             Although the United States had been supportive of the treaty since the time of the initial meeting in 1997, things changed quickly after the
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