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...go” budget rules of the Clinton era. And that’s not the only rising tide Bush has ignored. The president’s alternative to the Kyoto protocol consists of voluntary emission standards for industry, no caps on carbon dioxide emissions and more research on whether this whole global warmification thing that the International Panel on Climate Change and the National Academy of Sciences keep goin’ on about really exists...
...pressure groups, urged us to be optimistic rather than despairing about environmental problems, and set out what should be the true priorities of environmental action. He thinks global warming is happening but that it would be better and cheaper for the world to adapt to it rather than cut carbon emissions...
...that economic progress and environmental protection are incompatible. The Earth Institute's approach is to bring together scientists, economists and policy makers to find the best developmental paths. For example, institute researchers will work on techniques that industries can use to slow down climate change by storing underground the carbon released from fossil fuels rather than letting it escape into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide...
...have to close down our society to respond to climate change," Sachs insists. "We just have to learn to do something we've never thought about doing before, and that's to manage carbon." That could give us a chance to have our economic growth--and a nice atmosphere too. --By Charles Alexander
Switching Quincy to wind power for one week will mean that the House will emit about 25 tons less carbon dioxide—the equivalent of two Goodyear blimps—said resident tutor David M. Thompson, who is spearheading the initiative and set up a table in the House lobby to collect money to fund the switch...