EPA chief: Bush climate policy working

[Zandor]

Source: AP

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday the growth of greenhouse gases by less than 1 percent in 2005 shows the administration's program to address global warming "is delivering real results." The pronouncement by EPA Administrator Dave Johnson brought a quick response from some environmentalists.

"Things have come to a pretty sad state of affairs when the EPA tries to spin increased greenhouse gas emissions as a victory," said Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, an environmental advocacy group...




Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_on_sc/greenhouse_gases;_ylt=Ai0fqKoK_TX91omGYCVXbsHMWM0F

[Mind_your_head]

1. The shrub has a climate policy????

Who knew? :shrug:

[Matariki]

14. yep. to make the climate habitable for his alien overlords.

which, unfortunately is toxic to the rest of us. :evilgrin:

[rodeodance]

2. and just think----Fox viewers will believe this.

[Zandor]

3. They increase, but it's progress??

Morons.

[IChing]

4. Oh geez do they ever quit with this shit? Why not this solution?

[Delphinus]

21. I love it!! n/t

[ryanmuegge]

5. Giving tax breaks to SUV buyers and letting oil executives head the regulatory agenices.

Sounds brilliant.

[VegasWolf]

6. He's right. One out of twelve drowning polar bears agree with him. nt

[Doremus]

17. Oh, but haven't you heard? There's no such thing as drowned polar bears.

Rush says polar bears have too much body fat and can't possibly drown.

My neocon shop landlord swears it's true, no lie.

Not the sharpest knives in the drawer, what can I say.

[Buzz Clik]

7. The last I heard, Bush's environmental policy was "needs more study"

Only he's not funding more studies.

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

8. How many of you spotted the error in this article?

Namely, the EPA Administrator is Stephen Johnson, not "Dave" Johnson.

Dave's not here, man....

[Kool Kitty]

9. That is weird.

[Pastiche423]

10. No, man, I'm Dave, man

[Up2Late]

23. Maybe "Dave" Johnson is the real guys stoner brother?

:hippie:

[Up2Late]

22. Correction: April 16 Emissions Story

(and it only took a full day!)

Correction: April 16 Emissions Story

By H. JOSEF HEBERT
The Associated Press
Tuesday, April 17, 2007; 4:34 PM

-- In an April 16 story about the growth of greenhouse gases, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the EPA administrator's first name. He is Stephen Johnson, not Dave Johnson.

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041701179.html>

<http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/17/ap3622585.html>

Yet ABC News and a few other "news" outlets are still posting the old, uncorrected story:

<http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3046849>

EPA Chief: Bush Climate Policy Working
ABC News - 1 hour ago

By H. JOSEF HEBERT. WASHINGTON Apr 16, 2007 (AP)— The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday the growth of greenhouse gases by less than 1 ...

Correction: April 16 Emissions Story
Washington Post, DC - 2 hours ago

By H. JOSEF HEBERT. AP. -- In an April 16 story about the growth of greenhouse gases, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the EPA administrator's ...

Correction: April 16 Emissions Story
Forbes, NY - 3 hours ago

By H. JOSEF HEBERT 04.17.07, 4:34 PM ET. In an April 16 story about the growth of greenhouse gases, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the EPA ...

So if anyone tells ya the "news in America is broken, you tell 'em, "You betcha"

[blueworld]

11. Bush's results are always too real

And always ineffective, regressive, too costly, borderline
criminal - in short, they stink.

[KansDem]

12. Is by chance the EPA head another Regent University graduate?

Hmmm, I wonder...

[trogdor]

13. No thanks to George.

The way I see it, those who are signatories to Kyoto are just keeping up with our increases in CO2 emissions. If we actually tried to do something about our own CO2, you'd see a net drop.

OTOH, this also coincides with the recent increases in oil prices, which would naturally result in a drop in use as people would try harder to reduce waste. We keep our thermostat at 64 in the winter, which reduces our footprint from what it was a few years ago. Shame that isn't reflected in our heating bills because the price of heating oil has more than doubled since then.

[underpants]

15. Let the sunshine in!! Let the sunshine the suuuuuuuuuunnnshine iinnnnn

oh sorry never mind.

[Supersedeas]

16. up is down, black is white, and 2 + 2 = 5 when Bush cronies say so

[damntexdem]

18. Well, that's true:

the climate is warming rapidly, in part due to Dubya's foot dragging and obstructionism.

[nodehopper]

19. yeah, the EPA has real credibility these days.

[mtnester]

20. Dave Johnson's idea of climate policy must be

that the air from the wings on the monkeys flying out of his ass will take care of global warming.