Let’s review the bidding.

Russia’s ratification brought the Kyoto Protocol into effect, though Russia was clear that this was not done for reasons of science. What ever could those reasons be?

Russia has the world’s largest natural gas reserves.

Under Kyoto, companies are forced off of coal onto gas, as the only demonstrated way other than economic collapse to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“Russia rules fuel in much of Europe”, with a history of shutting off the spigot.

Gas is increasingly scarce, and the U.S. is increasingly reliant upon Russian gas.

Russia wants to form a natural gas cartel, with Iran and some OPEC pals.

Kyoto is something the U.S. ought to ratify (we signed it already), to improve our energy security…because it also mandates that more windmills and solar panels replace coal.

It just makes sense!