George W. Bush

Tue, 2007-05-29 07:59Kevin Grandia
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It's our mess, we should clean it up

The International Aid Agency, Oxfam, is making big headlines today with its statement that rich nations, who are responsible for most of the past green house gas emissions should be footing most of the bill to fix the problem.

Developing countries cannot and should not be expected to foot the bill for the impact of rich countries' emissions," she said, echoing the position of the developing world."

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Sat, 2007-05-26 06:29Ross Gelbspan
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Climate Spat Creates Major US-German Rift

Political tensions between the US and Germany over climate change have worsened sharply, with Washington threatening to no longer "tread lightly" in negotiations on global warming ahead of the Group of Eight rich nations' summit next month. In a statement, written in red ink and obtained by the Financial Times, the US says: "We have tried to 'tread lightly' but there is only so far we can go given our fundamental opposition to the German position."
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Fri, 2007-05-25 10:06Bill Miller
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UK's Blair nudges Bush Administration to back carbon deal next month

The prime minister, speaking on BBC TV, said climate-change awareness is gaining momentum with Americans and it’s possible the U.S. may be willing to support an agreement at the G8 summit in June on cutting carbon dioxide emissions.

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Tue, 2007-05-22 12:28Bill Miller
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Gore’s latest truth even more “inconvenient” than his previous one

The former Vice President’s new book, The Assault on Reason, hit bookshelves today with a resounding message that political corruption, cronyism, secrecy and blind faith have joined forces to quell logical debate and thereby imperil the very core of American democracy.

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Mon, 2007-05-14 09:31Kevin Grandia
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Where global leadership means stalling and heel-dragging

A spokeswoman for the White House Council on Environment Quality told BBC today that, "the US continues to lead the global effort on climate change."

Apparently "lead the global effort" somehow means culling language from a draft G8 summit document that would see member nations getting tough on greenhouse gas emissions. The BBC has obtained a document outlining plans for the US to, yet again, water down tough global action on climate change.

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Wed, 2007-04-18 13:55Bill Miller
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Bush Administration subjects environment to ‘Texas chainsaw management,’ writer says

The White House has handed more than 100 top environmental posts to representatives of polluting industries, says an article in Vanity Fair, and no president has mounted a more sustained and deliberate assault on America’s environment than George W. Bush, whose administration has promoted and implemented more than 400 measures that eviscerate 30 years of environmental policy.

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Mon, 2007-04-16 10:51Bill Miller
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Russia embraces hunting to protect imperiled polar bears

Driven to areas where people live by shrinking ice due to global warming, polar bears have become a prime target for poachers, both for meat and the thousands of dollars their pelts can fetch. Russia’s government hopes a legal hunt can rein in the rampant poaching.

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Sun, 2007-04-15 08:30Ross Gelbspan
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Top Military Brass to Bush: Warming Threatens US Security

Eleven top ranking US Generals and Admirals have declared that global warming presents a clear threat to America's national security. Their report, which looks at coming impacts in every continent, notes that warming effects could prompt more terrorism in addition to other threats.

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Wed, 2007-04-04 11:11Kevin Grandia
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Bush Ignores Supreme Court, continues legacy of carbon denial and confusion

With Bush brushing off yesterday's landmark global warming decision by the Supreme Court we continue to recrod for posterity what will no doubt be a legacy of foot-dragging and global warming denial by the Bush administration.

We have seen reports of political interference in global warming science spanning most of Bush's tenure as president.

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