In the international alliance to fight climate change, the United States is considered the sullen loner. But in the seven years since we rejected Kyoto, changes have begun. Not at the federal level, however. Its the locals who are making it happen.
koalaklb, I'm not going to argue that people in the USA don't think that America means the USA, but... I have lived outside of the USA for or a majority of the last 6 years of my life. If you mention "America" to the people in the countries that I have been in, which numbers 4, they would all immediately think of the USA. So, before you get too down on the citizens of the USA for thinking this way, remember that much of the world is in the same boat.
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