2001-11-27 北美環境合作委員會表示根據布希政府的能源計畫，在未來6年裡必須新增2,000座發電廠，將使造成全球暖化的溫室氣體之排放大量地增加。長期監督「北美自由貿易協定」對環境之影響的環境合作委員會指出，從美國發電廠所釋放出來的二氧化碳總量，有可能在2007年前從14%大幅提升到38%；在同一時期內，墨西哥的排放量則可能從48%升高到76%，加拿大則是5%增加到16%（這些數據就京都議定書的標準而言，還是太高了）。

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The Bush administration's energy plan, which calls for the creation of 2,000 new generating plants in the next six years, would substantially increase the greenhouse gas emissions that spur global warming, according to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. The commission, which monitors the effects of NAFTA on the environment, said carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation in the U.S. could jump anywhere from 14 to 38 percent by 2007. The group said that during that same period, Mexico's emissions would probably rise 48 to 76 percent, while Canada's would increase 5 to 16 percent. (So much for Kyoto.)

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