Did the United States ratify the Kyoto Protocol? Why or why not?
A)Yes; but it has failed to meet targets for a number of years.
B)No; the United States had promised to sign on January 1, 2008, but never did.
C)Yes; and it has met its target each year.
D)No; he United States believed the targets were impossible to meet without great harm to the industrial base.

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The United States did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol because they believed that the targets were impossible to meet without causing great harm to their industrial base. While they had promised to sign on January 1, 2008, they ended up not doing so.

Did the United States Ratify the Kyoto Protocol? Why or Why