Reuters: Greenhouse gas emissions from industrialized nations rose by nearly one percent in 2007, led by strong gains in the United States, official data showed. Carbon emissions from countries signed up to the Kyoto Protocol climate pact edged up by 0.1 percent in 2007, mainly due to rises in Japan and Canada. “The numbers are … a bit depressing,” said Knut Alfsen, research director at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo, saying they showed a …