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Date Posted: 22:24:28 06/11/02 Tue
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The Equalizer
's message, "Yes, that was extraordinary. I guess he couldn't ignore the science when his own EPA" on 09:12:36 06/11/02 Tue
Shrub is a complete DORK.
>was coming out with this report. Still Bush will be
>judged harshly by history for taking no action to slow
>or stop it.
>He is nothing short of an irresponsible idiot.
>
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>>HAWHAWJHHHHHHAWJHHAW!@!!!!!
>>
>>The Global Warming Dropout
>>By EILEEN CLAUSSEN
>>
>>
>>RLINGTON, Va. In its business-as-usual approach to
>>climate change, the Bush administration is
>>increasingly out of step not only with other
>>industrialized powers, but also with the growing
>>support in this country for action to prevent global
>>warming. The administration's oddly two-sided report
>>last week to the United Nations brings the White House
>>into the scientific mainstream on the subject —
>>acknowledging that human activity is probably the
>>cause of global warming and that America itself faces
>>serious consequences — but at the same time lays out a
>>strategy ensuring that American emissions of
>>greenhouse gases will continue rising sharply for at
>>least a decade.
>>
>>Last week the European Union and its 15 member states
>>completed en masse their ratification of the
>>emissions-limiting treaty that President Bush has
>>rejected, the Kyoto Protocol. This week Japan followed
>>suit. Russia expects to ratify by the end of the year,
>>meaning only one or two smaller countries would be
>>needed to put the treaty into effect. (Ratifying
>>countries must account for at least 55 percent of
>>developed country emissions in 1990.)
>>
>>The administration is also ignoring a growing domestic
>>recognition of the need to act. Persuaded that the
>>risks of climate change are real and that restraints
>>on emissions are inevitable, many American companies
>>are working on carbon reduction. To be sure, many
>>others, especially in the energy and oil businesses,
>>are strongly resistant. But dozens of major
>>corporations like Alcoa, DuPont and Intel are among
>>those setting their own targets for lower emissions.
>>For many, there are financial payoffs, too — improved
>>efficiencies, lower costs and increased sales of
>>energy-saving products.
>>
>>State governments are also moving ahead. New Hampshire
>>recently became the third state to adopt mandatory
>>controls on carbon emissions from power plants. New
>>Jersey is aiming to reduce statewide emissions by 3.5
>>percent from 1990 levels in the years before 2005. All
>>six New England states, in a compact with five Eastern
>>Canadian provinces, have pledged to reduce their
>>emissions to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
>>
>>Even in Congress, the tide is beginning to turn. Twice
>>as many climate change measures were introduced in the
>>past year as in the previous four years combined, many
>>with strong support from both Democrats and
>>Republicans.
>>
>>Scientists project that a century's worth of
>>greenhouse gas releases, mostly from burning fossil
>>fuels, have already bought us a few degrees of warming
>>in the decades ahead. The challenge is heading off
>>further warming by gradually weaning ourselves from
>>fossil fuels. This transition to a low-carbon economy
>>will require a new industrial revolution.
>>
>>We must look to the marketplace to carry it out. Only
>>the market can mobilize the ingenuity, investment and
>>productive capacity needed to develop and disperse new
>>technologies on such a large scale. But the
>>marketplace will deliver only if it perceives a
>>demand, and providing that demand is a role for
>>government.
>>
>>A modest but logical first step in the U.S. is a
>>measure passed unanimously by the Senate in April
>>encouraging companies to disclose their greenhouse gas
>>emissions voluntarily. If after five years less than
>>60 percent of emissions are being reported to the
>>public, the measure would change this voluntary
>>reporting system to a mandatory one. A similar
>>approach helped dramatically reduce toxic air and
>>water pollution nationwide. This legislation should be
>>accepted by the House and signed by the president.
>>
>>Ultimately, though, the market must be driven by
>>policies that set realistic, binding targets for
>>reducing emissions and give companies the flexibility
>>to achieve them as affordably as possible. The Bush
>>administration's own report shows the danger in its
>>remaining stubbornly out of step. The longer the
>>United States waits, the graver the risks — and the
>>cost of averting them.
>>
>>
>>Eileen Claussen is president of the Pew Center on
>>Global Climate Change.
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