WP: U.S. Wants No (Global) Warming Proposal (from Arctic Council)

U.S. Wants No Warming Proposal
Administration Aims to Prevent Arctic Council Suggestions

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 4, 2004; Page A13


The Bush administration has been working for months to keep an upcoming eight-nation report from endorsing broad policies aimed at curbing global warming, according to domestic and foreign participants, despite the group's conclusion that Arctic latitudes are facing historic increases in temperature, glacial melting and abrupt weather changes.

State Department representatives have argued that the group, which has spent four years examining Arctic climate fluctuations, lacks the evidence to prepare detailed policy proposals. But several participants in the negotiations, all of whom requested anonymity for fear of derailing the Nov. 24 report, said officials from the eight nations and six indigenous tribes involved in the effort had ample science on which to draft policy.

The recommendations are based on a study, which was leaked last week, that concludes the Arctic is warming much faster than other areas of the world and that much of this change is linked to human-generated greenhouse gas emissions. The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment -- produced by a council of nations with Arctic territory that includes the United States, Canada, Russia and several Nordic countries -- reflects the work of more than 300 scientists.

Several individuals close to the negotiations said the Bush administration -- which opposes mandatory cuts in carbon emissions on the grounds that they will cost American jobs -- had repeatedly resisted even mild language that would endorse the report's scientific findings or call for mandatory curbs on greenhouse gas emissions....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23541-2004Nov3.html

So I smite thou science!

Begone, devil!

Fuck were already bleeding jobs with no end in site. More like cost corporations profits.

not even concerned about his children or their children. :(

Sad indeed...we will all be very sorry both now and for generations to come.

I hate this!

Tired Old Cynic

It forces hiring to enforce and implement the standards.

Wonder if Mother Nature is listening.

This problem wil be ignored for the next 4 years at least.

This island is going to swim.

Since Cheney's energy policy board dealio there are 87 new coal powered electric plants in the works. Coal releases much more CO2 per KWH than oil or gas do (also heavy metals). But we have lots of coal - energy independence.

I think with the inflated oil prices, and even more inflated natural gas prices; that these new plants could be built cleaner and with carbon dioxide sequestration and still sell electricity cheaper per KWH than an oil or NGas plant, but profitable isn't good enough, they have to go for maximum profits which means as dirty as they can get away with.

it's just this entirely different species called "Republican" terraforming the planet to its liking ... ahem.

If Bush doesn't make a step toward the other nations, the international reactions could be very much hard for him than the Iraqi crisis.

and the beat goes on.....

Seriously, I'm terrified by all the reports. Damn Shrubco and the media whores for trying to suppress this information and other studies. Cable news should be giving it much more attention.

Starve it, before it enslaves and destroys us.