EU Urges US Climate Change Rethink

[buzzsaw_23]

EU urges US climate change rethink
September 11, 2005 - 10:14AM


European Union Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said although he did not think specific disasters like hurricane Katrina could be linked to climate change, he thought the storm would make America think more closely about its environmental stewardship.

He said the EU approach to climate change - signing up to a cap on carbon dioxide output and allocating emission rights through a market - was lowering emissions, whereas US emissions were rising.

"They claim that they have a different approach to climate change," Dimas said of the United States.

"The fact is that their approach and our approach have different results. We are cutting our greenhouse gas emissions ... while the Americans are increasing their greenhouse gas emissions," he told reporters.

http://smh.com.au/news/World/EU-urges-US-climate-change-rethink/2005/09/11/1126377191415.html

[R Hickey]

1. It would be nice to see some good come out of Katrina

Katrina was agravated by global warming.

[tom_paine]

2. Imperial Amerika DOESN'T RETHINK

Questioning one's self and one's own moral superiority is a sign of Liberal Weakness.

:sarcasm:

[Gman]

3. So the cheese eating surrender monkey weather lovers hate America

for our freedom. They also hate the troops in NOLA and love the weather.

USA! USA! USA!

[Hekate]

4. They're just so reality-based...

As then-Vice President Bush the Elder said at a global summit on climate held in South America: "The American way of life is not up for negotiation."

Yep. Like father, like son -- a real embarrassment to the US.

Hekate

#Why won't the Chickenhawk cross the road?#
#Why isn't the Chickenhawk waitin' on the levee?#

[pinniped]

5. Fat chance, try again in 2008 when we may have a regime change.

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[doubleplusgood]

6. "Rethink" ?

Doesn't that imply that the Bush admin actually DID "think" about cliamte change in the first place ?