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Bush's decision to
abandon the Kyoto climate treaty was met by a storm of protest, both in
the US and internationally. Governments, scientists, religious leaders,
labour and other public figures, as well as environmental organisations,
have condemned the move. Opposition continues to grow.
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June 200, Warming to Standards, Los Angeles Times - Bush "action
plan" to combat global warming will not shield the President from
the "rhetorical flack that 15 European leaders are sure to throw
at him when he arrives in Gothenburg, Sweden on Thursday, 14 June..."it
will simply increase the already white-hot temperatures of the president's
European colleagues".
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June 2001, Time to Act on Warming, Washington Post - "As
partisans pick through the document (Bush's action plan) for sentences
to support their positions, we'd suggest focusing on the one that says
today's policy decisions will influence the extent of any future damage
to vulnerable people and ecosystems. It's time to act."
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June 2001 - Environment? Employment? We can have both! Changed Climate
needed on Climate Change, World's Unions say, Update from the
International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers'
Unions (ICEM). Full paper.
6 June, 2001 -
US National Academy of Sciences report on Climate Change Science
The latest report
to confirm that severe climate changes are real, getting worse and are
the result of human activity was commissioned by none other than the White
House itself.
Visit the National Academy of Sciences web
site for the full report, press release and A
Closer Look at Global Warming.
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