Global Warming and President Bush

[luvmetender]

The following is an excerpt from a NYT interview with President Bush that talked about the administation's change of stance on global warming...

Ms. Bumiller: Mr. President, why did your administration change its position on what causes global warming?

THE PRESIDENT: I don't think we did.

Ms. Bumiller: According to —

THE PRESIDENT: I don't think so, Elisabeth.

Ms. Bumiller: You said that it's almost certainly carbon monoxide — which you hadn't said in the past, carbon dioxide.

THE PRESIDENT: I think that was my position during the campaign, if I'm not mistaken.

Ms. Bumiller: It changed —

MR. McCLELLAN: You're talking about the National Academy of Science report?

Ms. Bumiller: Yes, yes.

MR. McCLELLAN: We've always talked about how that would - we'd be guided by their science on the issue, and that's why the President has done a lot in terms of climate change, advancing the science of climate change, and also doing more research —

THE PRESIDENT: Let me get back with you on that, because I think you might — I don't know why you said what you just said.

Ms. Bumiller: Well, we had a story in the paper this morning saying that you issued a report saying —

THE PRESIDENT: Oh, okay, well, that's got to be true.

His lack of awareness never ceases to amaze me

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[mrbowler]

Religious Leaders Attack Bush's Environmental Policies

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"[W]e believe that the administration's energy,
clean-air, and climate-change programs prolong our dependence on fossil
fuels, which are depleting Earth's resources, poisoning its climate,
punishing the poor, constricting sustainable economic growth, and
jeopardizing global security and peace."