America, Europe and Climate Change
"Old" Europe seems to be taking the necessary steps towards changing the way we do business on our home we call earth, while "new" America steps backward.
EU Says It Will Not Weaken Drive for Action on Climate Change
"Britain insisted Monday that the European Union must work with a wide range of countries to combat climate change, but said a flexible approach to win partners would not weaken the bloc's determination to tackle the problem."
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"Kyoto calls on the world's top 35 industrialized countries to cut carbon dioxide and other gas emissions by 5.2 percent below their 1990 levels by 2012. German Environment Minister Juergen Trittin said the EU is determined to lead the fight against climate change beyond that. "We need binding and ambitious climate protection targets after 2012," he said." ENN
While the world's superpower continues along its merry path of destruction, abusing everything from the Alaskan rain forests to the Gulf of Mexico..
A Polluter's Feast
"Public outrage has forced the administration to give up a few of its wildest schemes: "blending" raw sewage into drinking water, for example, or exempting 20 million acres of wetlands from the Clean Water Act. But most of Bush's efforts to gut the nation's environmental protections are so incremental, they go unnoticed by the public -- even when they have far-reaching consequences."
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"Since President Bush was sworn in for a second term, he has not only continued his unprecedented assault on the environment -- he's intensified it. In recent months, the administration has opened up millions of acres of pristine land to developers, allowing them to log and mine without leaving behind "viable populations" of wildlife." Rolling Stone
EU Says It Will Not Weaken Drive for Action on Climate Change
"Britain insisted Monday that the European Union must work with a wide range of countries to combat climate change, but said a flexible approach to win partners would not weaken the bloc's determination to tackle the problem."
and
"Kyoto calls on the world's top 35 industrialized countries to cut carbon dioxide and other gas emissions by 5.2 percent below their 1990 levels by 2012. German Environment Minister Juergen Trittin said the EU is determined to lead the fight against climate change beyond that. "We need binding and ambitious climate protection targets after 2012," he said." ENN
While the world's superpower continues along its merry path of destruction, abusing everything from the Alaskan rain forests to the Gulf of Mexico..
A Polluter's Feast
"Public outrage has forced the administration to give up a few of its wildest schemes: "blending" raw sewage into drinking water, for example, or exempting 20 million acres of wetlands from the Clean Water Act. But most of Bush's efforts to gut the nation's environmental protections are so incremental, they go unnoticed by the public -- even when they have far-reaching consequences."
and..
"Since President Bush was sworn in for a second term, he has not only continued his unprecedented assault on the environment -- he's intensified it. In recent months, the administration has opened up millions of acres of pristine land to developers, allowing them to log and mine without leaving behind "viable populations" of wildlife." Rolling Stone
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