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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 01:54 AM
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Overdue Bush Climate Report to U.N. Shows U.S. Greenhouse Gases Skyrocketing
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2007/2007-03-05-03.asp

Bush Climate Report Shows U.S. Greenhouse Gases Skyrocketing

WASHINGTON, DC, March 5, 2007 (ENS) - The United States will emit about 20 percent more greenhouse gases by 2020 than it did in 2000, according to a draft report that the Bush administration was scheduled to submit to the United Nations a year ago.

The internal administration report, which was obtained by the Associated Press, estimates that U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas will rise from 7.7 billion tons in 2000 to 9.2 billion tons in 2020 - an increase of 19.5 percent.

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President Bush has said that abiding by the Kyoto Protocol would hurt the U.S. economy. He has argued that voluntary emissions reductions and better technology such as clean coal, nuclear power, and energy efficiency would do the job of limiting global warming.

U.S. scientists, businesses and environmental groups say that if irreversible global warming is to be avoided, binding targets even more stringent than those of the Kyoto Protocol should be set.

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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 02:09 AM
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1. People like Bush Cheney believe that they can shield themselves from the effects of global warming
By making lots and lots of money. Only the little people will die from global warming.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 02:16 AM
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2. How about when the likes of coulter dismiss this stuff as commie
prattle, and the jack-offs in the audience all hoot and holler with approval?
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luckyleftyme2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 04:47 AM
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4. your right on the money

your right on the money about the wannabbe -"jack offs" - thats how this group has stayed in office so long.
their either mis-guided "yuppies " educated beyond their intelligence or some one using the system.
we can't stop mother nature but we can slow it down by using alternative energy !
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razzleberry Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 03:36 AM
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3. so eveyone is increasing emmissions
not surprising
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