Bush wants to limit greenhouse gases (Moldova.org)

April 16, 2008

U.S. President George Bush Wednesday announced a goal to inhibit the growth of greenhouse gas emissions scientists say are responsible for global warming.I am announcing a new goal: to stop the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, Bush said during his statement on climate change.Bush didn't offer specific legislative recommendations to achieve this goal, nor specify how the goal ...

President Unveils Plan To Help Slow Global Warming (WCSH 6 Portland)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) -- On the eve of an International Conference on Climate Change, President Bush announced a new goal for the United States Wednesday.

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Interview with organic farmer and writer Will Allen

April 16, 2008

Many people question the safety of their food and the exposure of the food supply to toxic pesticides and fertilizers. But Will Allen – founder of the Sustainable Cotton Project, organic farmer, and author of the new book, The War on Bugs – takes it one step further. Allen examines the historical connection between advertising and agriculture and how toxic chemicals were marketed and sold to farmers, seeping into the American ethos as safe, effective, and necessary. Allen, who lives and write

Bush Floats Goal for Curbing Warming Gases
President Bush on Wednesday proposed a new target for stopping the growth of U.S. emissions tied to global warming by 2025, but environmental groups were quick to criticize the stand as merely undercutting stronger proposals in Congress and by several states.

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Bush emission plan adds to environmental legacy

April 16, 2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's plan to stop the growth of global warming emissions is bound to be part of his checkered environmental legacy, a record roundly criticized by conservation groups and political opponents.

Is That Where We Are?
Last year, Friends of the Earth Canada (FOE) launched a lawsuit against the Minister of the Environment to hold him accountable for the fact that Canada won’t meet its Kyoto target. Not only the country won’t meet its Kyoto target, but the actual Government didn’t even try. The lawsuit rests on the fact that the Minister ignored the will of the Parliament by not complying with the requirements set by the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (KPIA). The KPIA required the Minister of the Environme

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"Broken Ice in Antarctica"

April 16, 2008

It is finally happening, right before our eyes. If anyone still believes global warming is false, take a trip north. The ice is cracking and there is no stopping it.

Patagonia Without Dams - Global Warming v. Environmentalism
"Destroying these rivers and the life that depends on them is no solution."What the Times does not mention in this article is that Chile has signed the Kyoto accords and is furiously trying to develop carbon free energy sources. In Chile that means dams. Besides the five dams mentioned here there are two more on the Puelo River. Stop. Think.

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Bush on climate: right words, wrong numbers

April 16, 2008

Bush on climate: right words, wrong numbers Yet another presidential speech soft on the specifics. by Adam Stern President Bush just delivered his speech on climate policy at the White House this afternoon. Billed as a major shift in the president’s views on the subject, Bush set a goal of stopping the growth in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. The president said that U.S. representatives would take this approach to a meeting of the major carbon-emitting countries in Paris later this wee

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