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White House Plan To Ctrl Green House Gases Condemned By Environmental Groups WW
Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Kert Davies, Climate Campaign coordinator with Greenpeace USA, who explains why his group, and other environmental organizations around the world, have condemned the Bush administration's global warming proposal.
White House Plan to Control Green House Gases Condemned by Environmental Groups Worldwide
Interview by Between the Lines' Scott Harris.
In 2001, the Bush administration rejected the Kyoto international climate change treaty, promising that they would put forward their own proposals to diminish global warming. Last week, the White House announced its plan, which depends entirely on voluntary compliance and tax breaks to gain the cooperation of the largest polluters. The policy also proposes linking the nation's economic growth to efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
As governor of Texas, George Bush backed a similar voluntary plan to reduce his state's pollution, a scheme that some environmental groups claim oil giant Exxon had a direct role in drafting. The policy was a failure and was later scrapped by the Texas legislature after Bush became president.
Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Kert Davies, Climate Campaign coordinator with Greenpeace USA, who explains why his group, and other environmental organizations around the world, have condemned the Bush administration's global warming proposal and why they believe the policy will actually increase greenhouse gas emissions by 36 percent above the Kyoto treaty targets(A RealAudio Version of this interview may be found at www.btlonline.org).
Contact Greenpeace by calling (800) 326-0959 or visit their Web site at www.greenpeace.org
To receive Between The Lines Weekly Summary and/or Q&A, email btlsummary-subscribe-AT-topica.com and/or btlqa-subscribe-AT-topica.com
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© 2002 Between the Lines C/O WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, Connecticut USA.
Interview by Between the Lines' Scott Harris.
In 2001, the Bush administration rejected the Kyoto international climate change treaty, promising that they would put forward their own proposals to diminish global warming. Last week, the White House announced its plan, which depends entirely on voluntary compliance and tax breaks to gain the cooperation of the largest polluters. The policy also proposes linking the nation's economic growth to efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
As governor of Texas, George Bush backed a similar voluntary plan to reduce his state's pollution, a scheme that some environmental groups claim oil giant Exxon had a direct role in drafting. The policy was a failure and was later scrapped by the Texas legislature after Bush became president.
Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Kert Davies, Climate Campaign coordinator with Greenpeace USA, who explains why his group, and other environmental organizations around the world, have condemned the Bush administration's global warming proposal and why they believe the policy will actually increase greenhouse gas emissions by 36 percent above the Kyoto treaty targets(A RealAudio Version of this interview may be found at www.btlonline.org).
Contact Greenpeace by calling (800) 326-0959 or visit their Web site at www.greenpeace.org
To receive Between The Lines Weekly Summary and/or Q&A, email btlsummary-subscribe-AT-topica.com and/or btlqa-subscribe-AT-topica.com
betweenthelines-AT-snet.net
© 2002 Between the Lines C/O WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, Connecticut USA.
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