Bush to address global warming in annual speech

[BlueStorm]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070116/sc_nm/bush_climate_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President Bush will outline a policy on global warming next week in his State of the Union speech but has not dropped his opposition to mandatory limits on greenhouse-gas emissions, the White House said on Tuesday.


"It's not accurate. It's wrong," White House spokesman Tony Snow said regarding media reports suggesting that Bush would agree to mandatory emissions caps in an effort to combat global warming. Such caps could require energy conservation and pollution curbs.

"If you're talking about enforceable carbon caps, in terms of industry-wide and nation-wide, we knocked that down. That's not something we're talking about," Snow said.

Britain's "The Observer" newspaper reported on Sunday that senior Downing Street officials, who were not named, said Bush was preparing to issue a changed climate policy during his annual State of the Union speech on January 23.

So if he's got some kind of "plan" for global warming yet still refuses to impose restrictions on greenhouse emitting factories then what kind of plan is it?

Blue

[Maven]

1. Must be another faith-based intiative.

This smells of pre-emptive CYA to me. Not just legacy-wise, but also with respect to the new Congress. Trying to a) make it seem like he actually set the agenda re: global warming, and b) create a convenient excuse to veto legislation by Dems that'll actually address global warming by imposing restrictions.

[stuntcat]

4. it oughta BE THE Faith-Based initiative..

But he's headed straight for Hell no matter what he thinks x(

[BuyingThyme]

2. And lead paint.

[Sal Minella]

3. After considering the will of the people, Bush will fund an additional

14 coal-fired power plants in Texas in addition to the 12 the power company is already planning to build. It's the Bush Power Surge.