Bush Stands by Rejection of Kyoto Treaty

Associated Press ^ | 11/06/04 | Associated Press

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President Bush is holding fast to his rejection of mandatory curbs on greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming, despite a fresh report from 300 scientists in the United States and seven other nations that shows Arctic temperatures are rising.

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"President Bush strongly opposes any treaty or policy that would cause the loss of a single American job, let alone the nearly 5 million jobs Kyoto would have cost," said James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

[Sacajaweau]

The Senate turned this down on a vote of 98-1...or something like that. While global warming may be occurring, it has occurred before and it was prior to industrialization. Once scientists present a theory, it just goes on and on but will always remain a theory. Darwin is relatively new but they'll never let go....it brings large grants to archeologists etc. just as Global warming grants go to environmental scientists etc..

[vbmoneyspender]

Here is an interesting article from the Cato Institute that is authored in part by Fred Singer, who is a professor of environmental studies, that disputes the claim that global warming is occurring See Link. Singer bases this conclusion on readings obtained from satellites and weather balloons.

[BillyCrockett]

Why doesn't the media ever talk about the rise in solar flare activity over the last decade? Oh...right.

[brookwood1]

Us temperatures have never exceeded the level of the 1930's. Global satellite temperatures for 3 of the last 4 months are lower than the 25-year average. 100 parts per million is .01% - this amount of carbon dioxide is supposed to act like a "greenhouse" which is made of solid glass. Water vapor from contrails (which you can see all the time) may have more impact that CO2. And higher CO2 levels improve plant growth rates, adding to the sustainability of life on earth.

[MosesKnows]

Bush Stands by Rejection of Kyoto Treaty Protocol.

[jrewingjr]

A big reason why WV went for W in 2000 and 2004, despite what the UMWA leadership wanted. The rank and file wasn't buying it.

[Monti Cello]

put it before the Senate

This leads me to an interesting thought.

The Kyoto arrangement is designed to permit 'polluting' countries to buy credits from those with lower CO2 output. The industrialized areas must reduce and/or pay.

I wonder if Bush might find political advantage in applying this same scheme on a state-by-state basis in the US.

Not sure if this would pass the constitutional test, but it would seem likely that the blue states of the NE and upper midwest plus California are probably the highest emitters.

If it could be worked, that would force the libs to put their money where their mouth is, and it would force them grapple with the idea of Kyoto as a political/economic weapon, once it's turned on them.