Agency Affirms Human Influence on Climate
(Quotation from the article)
"A contributing factor to the unusually warm temperatures throughout 2006 also is the long-term warming trend, which has been linked to increases in greenhouse gases," the release said, emphasizing that the relative contributions of El NiƱo and the human influence were not known.
Still, the climate agency's shift in language came as a surprise to several public affairs officials there. They said they had become accustomed in recent years to having any mention of a link between climate trends and human activities played down or trimmed when drafts of documents went to the Commerce Department and the White House for approval.
Mr. Bush has made two speeches on climate. He first expressly accepted that humans were contributing to global warming in a news conference in Denmark in July 2005 on the way to an economic summit in Scotland, saying, "Listen, I recognize that the surface of the Earth is warmer and that an increase in greenhouse gases caused by humans is contributing to the problem."
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=201441102007
"The United States, with only four percent of the world's population, is responsible for 22% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions."
That's really a terrifying number. The US has always declared themselves as a civilized country. But why does it produce almost a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions? The US people should be more educated to know about how greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. They do know about it.
But what driving us mad is that President Bush made 2 speeches on climate. And the White House and the commerce Department have trimmed the drafts of documents when there are any mentions of a link between climatic trends and human activities. They are trying to hide the real facts to the general public. They are trying not to bear the responsibiluty and acknowledge what they do to the environment. They are cowards. When will they have the courage to acknowledge their fault? When will they have courage to right the wrong?
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I am hoping that things are starting to change. Too slowly, unfortunately, however...
Cathy
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