Why did the United States decline to ratify the Kyoto Protocol?
A) The United States would be held accountable for global greenhouse gas emission.
B) Since the United States has one of the lowest greenhouse gas emission levels, the senate did not think it was fair to pay the same fines as other countries with higher levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
C) There were not sufficient incentives to join the protocol.
D) The United States did not think it was fair for developing countries to have no reduction targets.
E) This would have abolished the cap-and-trade system.
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