Bush Preps Emissions U-Turn In Time To Compete With Gore's Big Speech

[kpete]

Bush Preps Pollution Policy “U-Turn” In Time To Compete With Gore's Big Speech

Bush 'prepares emissions U-turn'
By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor
Published: 17 September 2006
President Bush is preparing an astonishing U-turn on global warming, senior Washington sources say.

After years of trying to sabotage agreements to tackle climate change he is drawing up plans to control emissions of carbon dioxide and rapidly boost the use of renewable energy sources.

Administration insiders privately refer to the planned volte-face as Mr Bush's "Nixon goes to China moment", recalling how the former president amazed the world after years of refusing to deal with its Communist regime. Hardline global warming sceptics, however, are already publicly attacking the plans.

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Over the past few days rumours swept the capital that the "Toxic Texan" would announce his conversion this week, in an attempt to reduce the impact of a major speech tomorrow by Al Gore on solutions to climate change.

The White House denied the timing, but did not deny that a change of policy was on its way. Sources say that the most likely moment is the President's State of the Union address in January.

more at:
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1604092.ece

[Jackpine Radical]

1. What political good would the about-face do in January?

It would be timed to occur in advance of Al Gore's speech if it is to happen at all.

It'll be fun to watch the ensuing chaos on the corporate right wing if he actually does it.

[hatrack]

2. It might mean a few more viewers for his next Earth Day photo-flop

nt

[muesa]

3. Definitely be an ATNA moment

I don't see Bush-Cheney-Rove asking anything of their corporate base.