Bush may turn about-face, ask Congress to address climate change 6

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   starsky Posted 4:59 am
   14 Apr 2008

   That would be great, but...a little late...very late. The next president will take a seat the same year as the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and will really need to generate a strategy for addressing climate change. I am still on the fence as to who it should be mainly because I am still on the fence as to how it should be addressed.
   
   Good read on the subject -
   
   http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/

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   JakobFabian01 Posted 5:14 am
   14 Apr 2008

   The status was never so quo!According to the Washington Times article: "At the end of this week, U.S. officials will be in Paris for a meeting with officials from other major economic powers, where climate change is expected to be on the table."
   "Other major economic powers?"  Which ones?  The article doesn't say.  Expect world-class foot-draggers like China.
   The only people cited in the article who put any positive spin on the President's "initiative" (and this is really TOO strong a word, folks) were:
   Christopher C. Horner, Senior Fellow of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and professional global-warming denier, and
   Brian Kennedy of the Institute for Energy Research, which "advocates positions on environmental issues which happen to suit the energy industry: climate change denial, claims that conventional energy sources are virtually limitless, and the deregulation of utilities."
   Yup, don't expect much from this meeting.  In fact, my advice is that we expect nothing, so that we won't be disappointed.

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   infp Posted 5:44 am
   14 Apr 2008

   Bush's Two Part Eco Plan
   
   See Pig
   Apply lipstick
   
   

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   Delay And Deny Posted 10:49 am
   14 Apr 2008

   Good Timing
   
   Since global temperatures are falling due to natural causes, it's the perfect time to institute a Climate Plan and claim credit.

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   idealist4sale Posted 4:41 am
   15 Apr 2008

   Washington TimesThis is exciting news, but did Grist really just link to a Washington Times articles that says things like:
   "Many scientists say humans are contributing to climate change through increased carbon dioxide emissions from industry, power generation, automobiles and other sources. Some governments, including European nations, have enacted rules to try to limit their emissions, though opponents say those rules end up hurting their economies without much environmental benefit to show for it."
   "But Brian Kennedy, spokesman for the Institute for Energy Research, said Mr. Bush should realize that the U.S. is already ahead of the Europeans."
   "Christopher C. Horner, author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming," said the Bush administration should have seen the regulatory problems long ago and that the president is trying to solve them the wrong way."

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   davedenali Posted 6:21 am
   15 Apr 2008

   MeaninglessIf George W. Bush sees a climate bill he is willing to sign into law, it will not be a bill we want signed -- or at best, it will be meaningless stagecraft.  Even utility company officials have acknowledged that it is possible to do carbon markets legisation (cap and trade etc) very very wrong, in ways that create incentives to build coal burning plants now and cash in on selling the emissions rights.  We need to leave Mr. Bush to the garbage heap of history that he will land on soon enough. We need to elect a Democrat and not a phony like McCain, with his 25 percent lifetime environmental score.  We need to boot five or six more right wing Republicans from the Senate.  And then we need to pass a real climate bill.  Next year.

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