https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/12/06/the-logic-of-enlightenment/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:57:29 -0400<![CDATA[One of the problems facing the negotiators at Copenhagen is what to do with the mountain of carbon credits that Russia threatens to put on the market. In a news report late last month, the Washington Post noted that under the formula reached under the Kyoto Protocol, &#8220;Russia is expected to post the largest absolute drop in emissions from 1990 levels of any of the countries that signed the treaty. But the decline is almost entirely the result of the 1991 collapse of the Soviet economy rather than environmental measures by the government. Critics say Moscow doesn&#8217;t deserve to keep its carbon credits because it didn&#8217;t earn them with any special effort. &#8221; The West could retrospectively compensate the Russians for the collapse of the Soviet economy.]]>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:13:45 -0500<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/12/06/the-logic-of-enlightenment-n189442