Politics > Politics-USA > Evangelical Christians, congressional & corporate leaders, environmentalists call for action on global warming
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"Harry Hope" |
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21 Jan 2007 10:23:29 AM |
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Evangelical Christians, congressional & corporate leaders, environmentalists call for action on global warming |
"We have a White House that has yet to deliver on its own rhetoric
about ending our dependence on fossil fuels, and up to now has placed
its emphasis on helping Big Oil," Betsy Loyless of the National
Audubon Society said at that briefing.
Bush is expected to call for a big increase in the use of ethanol in
Tuesday's speech, according to sources familiar with White House
plans, but probably will not advocate limits on the emission of
greenhouse gases -- including carbon dioxide given off by power plants
and vehicles -- which contribute to global warming.
That may not be enough for some major U.S. corporations, which formed
a coalition with environmental advocates to urge Bush and Congress to
fight climate change faster.
Known as the United States Climate Action Partnership, the group
includes Alcoa Inc., General Electric Co., DuPont Co. and Duke Energy
Corp.
It plans to publicize its recommendations Monday, a day before the big
speech.
In another unlikely pairing, evangelical Christians and scientists
from Harvard Medical School and elsewhere also banded together last
week to fight global warming, and called on Bush and others in power
to do the same.
The climate change issue prompted bipartisan cooperation in Congress,
where Sen. Joe Biden, a Delaware Democrat who heads the Foreign
Relations Committee, joined the ranking Republican, Indiana's Richard
Lugar, to introduce a resolution urging a U.S. return to international
negotiations on climate change.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat who has long
advocated environment-friendly policies, said on Friday, "It is
important to our children's health and their global competitiveness to
rid this nation of our dependence on foreign oil and Big Oil
interests."
Pelosi also announced the creation of a new congressional committee
dealing specifically with global warming, and the House of
Representatives passed legislation aimed at "Big Oil" that would roll
back industry tax breaks and force energy companies to pay more
drilling royalties.
From Reuters, 1/21/07:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-01-21T141748Z_01_N19284296_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-SPEECH-ENVIRONMENT.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-domesticNews-2
Calls to act on global warming precede Bush speech
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Environmentalists, evangelical Christians and congressional and
corporate leaders have called for action on global warming in the days
leading up to President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech.
Interest is particularly keen because of what Bush said in last year's
address to Congress and the nation:
that "America is addicted to oil" and that this addiction should be
broken with technological advances and alternative fuels.
Since then, environmental activists and others concerned about the
impact of global climate change -- more severe storms, destructive
droughts, rising sea levels and higher insurance costs -- have looked
for substantial steps from the White House.
Many have expressed disappointment.
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Everyone but Fatso Limbaugh and his ridiculous dittoheads call for
action on global warming. Georgie Bush is just another dittohead.
Harry
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