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No ones denying America is taking huge steps ;). Anyone who says otherwise isn't giving us enough credit. That being said, unfortunately, we have to take further steps to at least reduce OUR own output of CO2 and lessen the effects of global warming, regardless of what China or India do, though in the end those countries are going to become the big issue.

Unfortunately, I did some research on at least the first source, and discovered that it is apparently a conservative thinktank:

http://www.humanevents.com/2010/08/08/conservative-spotlight-institute-for-energy-research/

This is a check I always need to do when I hear thing that contradict my general understanding, as I've been mislead numerous times by sources that I later find out to either be conservative thinktanks, new sites, or hacks, especially in regards to climate change.

And with this, unfortunately, I'm done with this little back and forth. I personally only put my full trust into neutral (IE not purportedly conservative or liberal) sources. I don't know if Human Events falls under this category, but it doesn't really matter here. Because...given that it was praised by Rush Limbaugh as the energy equivalent of the Heritage Foundation, The Institute for Energy Research is most definitely NOT neutral.