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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-03-07 05:58 PM
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Bush changes global warming talk, but not action
great headline!!


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usclimatewarming;_ylt=At4IzUaDZ4zMKKX50s0uxtKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

Bush changes global warming talk, but not action

by Jean-Louis Santini Sat Feb 3, 12:11 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - With the scientific evidence on global warming increasingly undeniable, US President George W. Bush has publicly embraced the issue of climate change.


But on policy, his administration remains reticent to take any of the costly actions to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are the root cause of warming, analysts say.

Friday, the Bush administration saluted the conclusions of the newest comprehensive report on global warming, in which UN scientists delivered their starkest warning yet that fossil fuel pollution would raise temperatures this century, worsen floods, droughts and hurricanes, melt polar sea ice and damage the climate system for a thousand years to come.
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"The report will contribute to the body of knowledge that we have to study and understand the best way to meet the challenges of climate changes," deputy White House spokesman Tony Fratto said........
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