EPA chief: Bush climate policy working - AP

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

EPA chief: Bush climate policy working

By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer
45 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - 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.

The EPA said its annual greenhouse gas assessment showed that
7.26 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping
gases were released by U.S. sources in 2005, an increase of 0.8
percent from the previous year.

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"The slow growth in emissions from 2004 to 2005 can be attributed
mainly to higher energy prices that suppressed demand, low or
negative growth in several energy-intensive industries, and weather-
related disruptions," the Energy Department said in a separate
report on greenhouse gas emissions.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_on_sc/greenhouse_gases

[PDJane]

1. Does one laugh or cry?

The only thing that Bush's policies are doing is making it easier to kill the planet. I despise these nattering sycophants.

[Turbineguy]

2. Next:

stay tuned for some magic tricks. Oh, and the moon is made of green cheese. It's official now.

Faith based government. If you don't believe them it's because you have no faith. You need to be saved. Send a check to Jerry Falwell. He'll get you fixed up.

[pscooper]

3. Johnson is simply doing the best he can with his previous experience.

As you can see from this Conservapoopia post, Stephen L Johnson (Dave Johnson is a statistician for AT&T) is misunderstood in this story.