- 2004 mondays release of a major new report by an international team of more than 300 scientists on the potentially catastrophic warming of the worlds arctic region has spurred new appeals by independent experts and environmental experts for president george w. bush to reconsider his opposition to the kyoto protocol and other mechanisms to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases
(Oneworld.net).
- american electric power and eight other companies, all among the nations largest electric utilities and coal companies, announced today the formation of an alliance to support president bushs futuregen initiative, which seeks the creation of a near zero-emission power plant and hydrogen production facility with integrated carbon dioxide management
(American Electr Power Company).
- write a letter to president bush: urge him to revamp our national energy strategy and support an international agreement to protect the world's climate by reducing greenhouse gas emissions
(Rainforest Action Network).
- after intense lobbying from industry, president bush turned tail and decided to reverse his campaign pledge to reduce americas output of carbon dioxide the chief gas that causes global warming
(Sierra Club).
- us president george bush last week announced his government's opposition to the kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas reductions (Green Left Weekly).
- president george w. bush rejected kyoto in early 2001 in favor of voluntary incentives to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases contributing to global climate change (World Watch Institute).
- on march 13, president bush reversed a campaign pledge, saying his administration would not seek to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants (World Watch Institute).
- members are committed to support president bushs climate vision of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 18 percent nationally by 2012 (Johnson Controls).
- futuregen, a $1 billion project, is president bushs proposal to develop a power plant that will lead to the creation of highly efficient methods of producing electricity with much lower greenhouse gas emissions (American Electr Power Company).
- contrary to president bush's statement, carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant (World Watch Institute).
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