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Why did President George W. Bush not ratify the Kyoto Protocol that set targets for reducing greenhouse emissions in industrial nations although the United States had signed it when it was initially written in 1997?


A) It exempted China and relied on governmental controls to develop "green" technology.
B) Americans refused to change their driving habits and continued to purchase gas-guzzling cars.
C) He did not believe the scientific evidence linking climate change to human activity.
D) He supported conservatives who wanted to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge rather than depending on Middle Eastern oil.

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