From Bloomberg, 4/24/06:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=atNDDfPMAanE&refer=germany
Bush Faces Dissent From Republicans on Climate Change
(Bloomberg) --
Representative Bob Inglis, a South Carolina Republican, says he
``pooh-poohed'' global warming until he trekked to the South Pole in
January.
``Now, I think we should be concerned,'' says Inglis, who heads the
U.S. House Science Research subcommittee.
``There are more and more Republicans willing to stop laughing at
climate change who are ready to get serious about reclaiming their
heritage as conservationists.''
U.S. companies including General Electric Co. and Duke Energy Corp.
have come out in support of national limits on carbon dioxide and
other greenhouse-gas emissions that scientists say contribute to
global warming.
They are now being joined by Republican lawmakers who have parted
company with President George W. Bush on the issue.
``As the evidence of global warming becomes undeniable, momentum is
building to take action to cut greenhouse gas emissions,'' former Vice
President Al Gore said in an e-mail.
``A lot of elected officials who used to reflexively oppose action on
global warming have begun to change their positions.''
In addition to Inglis, who says he saw evidence of heat- trapping
gases in the atmosphere during his trip to Antarctica that confirmed
his growing concern, the list of Republicans paying more attention to
global warming includes Senators Pete Domenici of New Mexico, the
chairman of the chamber's Energy Committee; Mike DeWine of Ohio; and
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, as well as Representative Jim Leach
of Iowa.
`Resistance Crumbling'
``Resistance to action on climate change is crumbling,'' says Reid
Detchon, an Energy Department official under former President George
H.W. Bush who is now head of energy and climate at the United Nations
Foundation.
``The business community has a number of prominent leaders arguing for
action, and the science on climate change becomes clearer and more
inescapable by the day.''
Republicans also are under pressure from one of their core
constituencies: fundamentalist Christians.
In February, 86 evangelical leaders called on the government to curb
greenhouse gases emitted by cars, power plants and other sources,
saying they felt a moral duty to speak out because global warming is
endangering the earth.
``A lot has changed in the last year, largely because of a grassroots
movement of people who for varied and sundry reasons care about this
cause,'' says the Reverend Richard Cizik, vice president for
governmental affairs at the National Association of Evangelicals, a
Colorado Springs, Colorado-based group that represents 30 million
Christians.
``There's no safe ground anymore for Republicans to ignore this issue
or call it a hoax.''
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Where does all this leave ***** Cyst Limbaugh?
Harry
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