Arrogance

While reading for another class in the past few day, I learned that the United States spends more than any other public entity on climate change research, but we are the least receptive to the data give. We also forced the European Union and other nations to add things like cap and trade programs to the Kyoto Protocol, but then we never ratified it. I've been thinking lately that there will come a time when the world's other nations won't put up with our actions anymore. Is it fair that the European Union is trying to its best to reduce their impact and help to slow the trend of  global warming and the United States as a federal government refuses to even address the problem? Many states have individual climate change legislation- but that makes our nation look even worse. That the states have to deal this immediate and serious problem because the federal government will not. I think that there will come a time in the very near future where the rest of the world is not going to allow us to keep on living as we do. We need to change out habits in order to combat climate change and I think at this point the only way that will happen in through international pressure.