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Nature 390, 650 (18 December 1997) | doi:10.1038/37691

Faith, hope and tact needed for US ratification

Colin Macilwain

The Clinton administration will embark on the first stage of an uphill struggle to implement the Kyoto protocol when it presents its 1999 budget in February. Officials are this week working to incorporate into Clinton's budget proposal tax incentives for energy efficiency, as well as extra money for energy research, along lines suggested earlier in the year by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.