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The article reports on the challenges faced by U.S. President George W. Bush and his administration with the climate-change policy in the U.S. There is an argument that the Environmental Protection Agency should be forced to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and trucks as a pollutant. The problem is that climate change is a large and global problem that the emission in question may not make a huge difference by themselves.

The article presents information about selection of various science personnel in United States. George W. Bush's reelection on November 2 and his party's increased clout in Congress leave him in an even stronger position to set the national agenda on research, say science lobbyists. The day after the election, Paul Gilman, head of research and development at the Environmental Protection Agency, said that he was leaving for a position in the private sector. The agency's chief, Mike Leavitt, has only held his post for a year, but some agency officials suggest that he may now move to a cabinet-level position, possibly as secretary of the interior. Bush's energy secretary, Spencer Abraham, is also likely to move.

Looks at the response of scientists on the plan proposed by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush on climate change. Plan's lack of clear priorities and detailed objectives; Concern on the administration's lack of real interest in supporting research on global climate change.

Focuses on the response of United States climate scientists to U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to abandon the Kyoto Protocol for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. How the scientists hope that Bush will act on climate change once he has appointed key officials; Comments of scientists and politicians.

Focuses on the effect of the contested 2000 United States presidential election on climate issues, as of November, 2000. Speculation regarding how the status of the election will affect climate treaty talks in The Hague; Statement that republican presidential candidate George W. Bush proposes oil-drilling in the protected Arctic; Bush's opposition to the Kyoto guidelines, a 1997 protocol that calls for reductions in greenhouse-gas.