1. Bush Takes a Final Swipe, and Salute, at CO2 Emission Curbs.
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Malakoff, David
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *PLEDGES (Law) , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *POLLUTION prevention - Abstract
The article reports on the strategies of the Bush administration regarding climate change. It mentions that the first move involves the signing of U.S. President George W. Bush and other leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial powers of a symbolic pledge on July 9, 2008 to help trim global emissions by 2050. The second move happened on July 11, 2008 when the Bush Administration announced that it would not use the nation's leading clean-air law to regulate greenhouse gases. The author declares that both actions reflect the tumultuous relationship of the administration with climate change. Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson proposed that entirely new laws are needed to deal with climate change.
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- 2008
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