Monday, September 18, 2006

Bush's "Nixon Goes to China" Moment?

Looks like Mr. Bush is going to make a total U-turn on global warming.

Hey, he's not going to let Al Gore upstage him on this one. Plus, there's gold in them thar hills as it relates to renewable energy sources.

"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....Environmentalists expect the measures to fall far short of what is needed, but say this does not matter. "The very fact that Bush would reverse his position will liberate many Republicans to vote for meaningful pollution cuts," says Phil Clapp, president of the National Environmental Trust." more