Bush 'light years behind' on climate

[cal04]

President Bush is "light years" behind the rest of the world on tackling climate change, a leading environmentalist has claimed. Sir Jonathan Porritt, chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission, condemned the president for refusing to sign up to the Kyoto protocol.

"I'm sorry to say that the Bush White House is now light years behind the rest of the world, and actually behind most of the rest of America now," he said. Sir Jonathan said there had been a distinct change in large sections of the US business community and political system, with people now acknowledging more needed to be done to tackle climate change. But the president had not caught up. He dismissed suggestions that moves to combat global warming would harm the economy.

He told BBC Radio Four's Today programme: "If we make the kind of investments that we could make now in energy efficiency and in cleaner, more sustainable technologies, it wouldn't just be good for the environment and our grandchildren, it would actually be very good indeed for the economy."

Sir Jonathan said Kyoto did not go far enough but it had set the right direction for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2165392005

[orpupilofnature57]

1. "Dominion Theocracy "

[rodeodance]

2. we continue to isolate ourselves.

[ErisFiveFingers]

3. Don't worry...

Gawd will fix it.
:sarcasm:

[Demeter]

9. How? Plague on the GOP?

Shall we go out and paint our thresholds with the blood of lambs?

[meow2u3]

12. STP to GOP: if you don't fix the environment

God will fix you! It even says so in the Bible ;)

[Deja Q]

4. If it was profitable, he'd be on top of the list of preemptive action...

by far, he would be...

[Demeter]

10. Fixing the Energy Supply and Pollution is Profitable

the problem is, EVERYONE profits. You can't screw anybody if everybody benefits. Now where's the entertainment and pleasure in that? These are sick minds, here.

[ixion]

5. silly scientists... there is no such thing as 'light years', the earth is

the center of the universe and watched over by an Intelligent Designer and is only a few thousand years old.

:eyes: :sarcasm:

[truthisfreedom]

6. bush is hopeless. he'll never do ANYTHING good for the environment.

he's a lost cause.

[BattyDem]

7. Bush is "light years behind" on everything!

:eyes:

[twaddler01]

8. Ludicrous Speed, GO!

:eyes:

[fishwax]

11. Other countries are securing the rights to the northwest passage

Bush is light years behind, for sure, and one of the ways this issue could be sold (even to the gop) is that our failure to acknowledge the reality of climate change is going to have severe economic consequences. Other countries (Canada, Norway, etc.) are preparing for the economic realities of lower ice capse, etc. ...

[Castilleja]

13. Why is it so hard for people to comprehend that

he is not interested in that, indeed, it is not his job to better anything except the bottom lines of select companies. No great strides in this area will be taken by the US until he and his are out of power.

[IndianaGreen]

14. Bush believes in Jesus, not in science

unless the science is faith-based.

[Overseas]

15. Kick for impeachable offense list. Deliberate ignorance of climate change

is far worse than lying about adultery. Add it to the murderous regimes long list of offenses.