EU Ambassador To The U.S. : Let's Work On This Together

[RestoreGore]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/02/28/EDGRJN7A541.DTL

Commentary by John Bruton,
The San Francisco Chronicle,
February 28, 2007.

"As the European Union's ambassador to the United States, I have been very vocal in alerting this country to the looming disaster of global warming. With mounting, irrefutable evidence, Americans are finally coming to heed the danger signs and are beginning to listen. Europe has cheered as California and like-minded states have taken steps to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, but these efforts should really only be the beginning. We Europeans have seen and felt the changes caused by global warming for some time now in Europe. Glaciers in eight of our nine glacial regions are at their lowest levels in 5,000 years. A heat wave killed more than 25,000 people in 2003. And the number of floods has increased fourfold on our continent from 1950 to 2000.

Americans, likewise, recently have suffered major droughts, devastating storms such as Hurricane Katrina and record-high temperatures... As the United States begins to wake up to the harsh realities of global warming, the European Union stands ready to assist with the knowledge and expertise European nations and industry have gained over the years... Since 2000, the European Union has launched more than 30 initiatives to address climate change, including research on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources such as wind, sun, water and waste... The European Union and the United States were at similar greenhouse-gas emission levels in 1990, but between 1990 and 2004, the EU economy grew by 32 percent and the greenhouse gas emissions went down by almost 1 percent compared to 1990 levels. By contrast, the U.S. economy grew by 52.6 percent between 1990 and 2004, but its emissions grew by 15.8 percent and are projected to increase to 32.4 percent above 1990 levels by 2010... The European Union continues to reach out beyond the European borders because it will take the cooperation of the entire world to make a difference.

The EU is ready to discuss a new international agreement, which must include the United States, to cut 30 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions from developed countries by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. Developing countries such as China and India must also be helped to put in place energy efficient technologies to slow their growth in emissions... We are working against the clock here." John Bruton is the EU ambassador to the United States.

[catgirl]

1. President Al Gore will work with the EU

better than anyone.

[RestoreGore]

2. He already is.

And you would know that if you really kept up with all he is doing now.

[catgirl]

3. Better than anyone as president

stop twisting everything people say here at DU.
You're condescending responses are old.

[RestoreGore]

4. Then stop responding to me

It isn't like you discuss the topic anyway.

[catgirl]

5. How does it feel?

[RestoreGore]

6. Respond again and I'm pressing alert n/t

[catgirl]

7. I can respond to any post I want to

as you would say. My opinion is that Al Gore will work with the international community
better than anyone. You don't have to be so rude to Gore supporters.

[RestoreGore]

8. That wasn't you initial response which was deliberately put here to derail this thread

Your initial response was the usual tired out subtle 2008 cheerleading when Mr. Gore's name was not even mentioned regarding this important article about this crisis. And I don't see you as a Gore supporter. You are a poster on a forum I responded to and I respond in kind to how *I* am responded to. So to your last potshot I would then say, practice what you preach.

[catgirl]

9. This is a post refers to global warming

Al Gore's name doesn't have to be mentioned in order to include
him in the thread. You don't see me as an Al Gore supporter? All
I have seen you do is derail threads involving Al Gore. You have
sabotaged every Al Gore thread I have started, so don't try to turn
the tables and say that I am doing this. My response was fair, unlike
your responses (not that this is news to you).

One of your latest posts (in the envirnmental section) is obviously
with Al Gore in mind. You've been obsessed with turning people off
to the idea of him running. Now you're taking it a step further. You
don't fool anyone here.

[riverdeep]

10. back on topic

We've lost eight years, and don't have much time. The next administration, if it is democratic, will have it's work cut out for it trying just to undo the damage, much less provide a net benefit. If the next administration is repub...kiss your kids goodbye.