In discussing plans for worldwide reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, the WSJ notes the insistence by China and India that the U.S. and Europe should be responsible for bearing the bulk of the cost because: "Europe and the U.S. generated the bulk of the carbon gas already in the atmosphere, they argue." Actually, this is not just something that China and India argue, it is true. The U.S. and Europe have been responsible for the bulk of the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
--Dean Baker
