Maria Thomas's Profile

The American rule is derived from typesetting. Although the terms “American
style” and “British style” are used, it is not as clear cut as that because at
least one^[which?] major British
newspaper prefers typesetters' quotation (punctuation inside) and BBC News uses both styles, while
scientific and technical publications, even in the U.S., sometimes use what is
called logical quotation (punctuation outside unless part of the source
material).

Why? Because reducing carbon emissions by 80% from the 1990 levels - the target
for 2050 for rich countries - depends on technological breakthroughs, not
political pledges at Copenhagen. Without technological breakthroughs, reducing
carbon emissions by 80% will erode living standards in the countries concerned.
No government will deliberately engineer economic distress for the sake of
climate change, no matter what it signs at Copenhagen. Through history, treaties
have been junked if they become politically inconvenient.