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  • Bush's long-awaited call for curbing gases falls flat abroad

    04/17/2008 11:44:47 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 16 replies · 260+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/17/08 | Angela Charlton - ap
    PARIS - President Bush has finally set a target date for reining in U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases but the plan is falling flat in the international arena, where critics have long accused him of not moving quickly enough on tackling global warming. "Losership instead of leadership," Germany's environment minister said Thursday of Bush's new strategy. A major disappointment, South Africa said. Too little and too late, a Chinese official added. Bush's speech Wednesday, in which he said the United States must stop the growth of its emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases by 2025, dominated U.S.-sponsored climate...
  • CA: Schwarzenegger star dims after latest act falls flat with voters

    11/09/2005 4:18:22 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 109 replies · 1,245+ views
    ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 11/09/05 | Beth Fouhy - ap
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Arnold Schwarzenegger's rise to governor of the nation's most populous state two years ago made him so popular that some Republicans even hinted at a constitutional amendment that would allow him to run for president. On Wednesday, a remarkable reversal of fortune left the former action hero fighting for his political life in a Democratic-leaning state and struggling to regain his footing before a 2006 re-election bid. Voters a day earlier rejected all four of the government reform initiatives he had placed on a special election ballot, a resounding defeat for a governor who cast the...