1. Climate Plan Is Criticized As a Risky Bet.
- Author
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Revkin, Andrew C.
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GOVERNMENT policy on global warming , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy , *CLIMATE change , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *FORECASTING - Abstract
Discusses the climate policy of United States President George W. Bush. Reference to a U.S. statement on climate change issued in 1989, which asserted the urgency of reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Refusal of Bush to accept the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty on climate change; View of Bush that there is no conclusive scientific proof to support mandatory emissions reductions; Details of Bush's climate plan, which many scientists view as risky in light of the threat of global warming.
- Published
- 2002