Kerry hailed as ally of wider world on environment

[Feanorcurufinwe]

Environmentalists fete John Kerry as a possible saviour in a stalled battle against global warming if the Democratic front-runner topples U.S. President George W. Bush in the November election. "Kerry has probably been the greatest champion of climate change issues with (Joe) Lieberman in the U.S. Senate," said Jennifer Morgan, director of the WWF environmental group's climate change programme. European governments, among the strongest backers of the U.N.'s stalled 1997 Kyoto protocol meant to limit global warming, would welcome a shift towards Kerry's environmental policies after years of trans-Atlantic feuds with Bush.

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Kerry now talks of taking part "in the development of an international climate change strategy to address global warming" -- music to the ears of many Kyoto backers who view climate change as the biggest long-term threat to life on earth. Kerry has also campaigned for green issues like better fuel efficiency in cars or against plans for Arctic oil drilling. By contrast, Bush did not use the word "environment" in his 2004 State of the Union address.

But a Kerry presidency would be no magic environmental wand. Kerry judged in 1997 that Kyoto would be unacceptable to the U.S. Senate and now reckons it is too late for Washington to sign up for the first round of cuts under Kyoto, in 2008-12.

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Steve Sawyer, climate policy director at Greenpeace, praised Kerry for policies stretching back to opposing oil drilling off New England in the 1980s. "It's probably true that it's too late for the United States" to sign up for Kyoto, he said.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18466228.htm

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. You have no idea how pleased I am to see another Kerry supporter...

around here. The Kerry is bashing is OVER THE TOP!!!!!!

I'm going to make a list of the Kerry supporters just so I know
who is who and who to respond to.

:kick:

[Feanorcurufinwe]

2. Kerry's record on the environment is unmatched.

When people look for themselves at Kerry's record they discover why he has such loyal supporters.

[mr715]

3. Why I love Kerry

Kerry is the only candidate with a solidly liberal voting record.

But hes not losing, so hes therefore evil and he made Dean cry.

Dean, that embodiment of progressive thought, that beacon of virtue, that God amongst men has been defiled by the lowly daemon that is Kerry.

I'm a Kerry supporter, and unlike most of the Kerry-haters, I know the facts on the DNC and DLC. And I know he is the most progressive one up there.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

4. We spent over a decade in the wilderness

and now we finally have a chance to elect a real liberal as President.

[newyawker99]

5. Hi mr715!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: