Instead of warning against “environmental protectionism,” why don’t we practice it?

The U.S. is warning the European Union against this horrible, dastardly practice of actually doing something to protect the environment, even in trade issues.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called in October for a European levy on imports from countries outside the Kyoto Protocol, which include the United States.

Gee, 15 years ago, weren’t Democrats promising us that environmental issues would be part of trade agreements such as NAFTA?

Will this year’s crop of “free trade” Democrats really be that much different than the current occupant of the White House?