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...that are driving global warming. But that treaty has been rejected by the Bush administration as unfair because, initially, it does not require developing countries to cut their emissions. However, many observers believe Bush opposes it because the U.S. is by far the greatest greenhouse-gas polluter, and controlling fossil fuel emissions might injure the economy...
Ross G. Douthat '01, who performed Shakespeare's Henry V's monologue before the Battle of Agincourt, echoed Poon's reflections on the dated nature of the prize. "It feels sort of like a fossil from a different age in a time where people took it much more seriously. Everyone [today] was competing on sort of the spur of the moment...
...battle for Bush's mind on this issue has barely begun, and the President's old friends in the oil and coal industries--the sources of the fossil fuels that produce greenhouse gases--will wield plenty of clout. While Bush told Congress last week that he would support efforts to conserve energy and develop alternatives to fossil fuels, he also declared that "we can produce more energy at home while protecting our environment." Translation: I still want to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...
...seriously. But what is important now is to translate these international promises into national policy. The energy bills now moving through Congress should incorporate measures to decrease emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The almost single-minded focus of the current proposals on increasing the production of fossil fuels--as seen in the misguided drive to drill the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--should not be allowed to crowd out measures for reducing energy demand, such as increasing the fuel efficiency of new cars or issuing incentives for better insulation of new homes. These measures would fulfill the same...
...convention, the International Criminal Court, the comprehensive test ban-and Bush sees no reason to change any of that. U.S. opposition scuppered recent efforts led by Europe to build on the Kyoto limits for greenhouse gases; Bush, the former oil man, has an energy policy devoted to burning more fossil fuels. European leaders worry that Bush's idea of consultation will follow the model of the Iraq attack: bomb first, phone later-and if troops are ever needed, they suspect that an allergy to American casualties on cnn means Europeans will get the dirtiest jobs...