KANSAS — The Bush administration is attempting to direct global energy policy in a new direction five years after the landmark Kyoto agreement to roll back emissions of greenhouse gases.
Energy ministers from United States, Japan, Canada, Russia, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Germany meeting in Detroit late last month displayed strong unanimity on the importance of addressing energy deficits in the Third World and moving toward a greater reliance on renewable energy.
What was unclear, however, were specific policies and a timetable for deploying them. The energy ministers met to address major issues in advance of the meeting of G8 leaders this month in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.