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ReutersPelosi says Bush "in denial" on warmingFri Jun 1, 2007 1:27PM EDT
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called
President George W. Bush's new global warming plan a "profound
disappointment" on Friday and said she wants Congress to pass
legislation this year to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Just returned from a European tour focused on climate change,
Pelosi said Bush's strategy, announced on Thursday, "rehashed
stale ideas" and made her question whether the president
understands the urgency of global warming.
"The science is clear, and yet the president continues to be
in denial," Pelosi said at a briefing. "Yes, he says now he
believes that global warming is happening and he accepts the
science that it is ... But if that were so, if he truly understood
that, he could not have come up with a proposal that is
'aspirational'."
Pelosi, a California Democrat who rose to the top leadership
job in the House of Representatives when Democrats won
control in November, wants Congress to pass legislation this
year to require mandatory caps on heat-trapping emissions of
carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas spewed by motor vehicles,
factories and coal-fired power plants.
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