Originally published June 29 2005
Bush administration not taking effective action against greenhouse gases
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A recent article in the Boston Globe describe the Bush administration's hesitance to cap carbon emissions that contribute to the greenhouse effect.
From the day four years ago when President Bush reversed his campaign pledge to limit carbon dioxide emissions by US industry, the federal government has ignored climate change, the greatest threat mankind has caused to the well-being of the planet.
It falls now to the Senate to steer the country toward a more responsible course by including in its energy bill a cap on carbon dioxide emissions.
Electricity generation produces 40 percent of the nation's greenhouse gases, and this page has focused for the past week on ways to provide power without carbon emissions.
All of the alternatives considered -- from wind power to conservation to nuclear energy to coal gasification -- deserve more emphasis, but none is cost-efficient enough to make a significant dent in America's production of greenhouse gases unless the carbon emitted by fossil-fuel power plants is taxed or capped.
Bush was right in 2000, wrong since.
The United States, which produces 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gases even though it has just 4 percent of its population, has to put its enormous scientific and technological resources to work making carbon-free kilowatts, at the same time the country is tackling CO{-2} emissions from cars and trucks, the other main source of greenhouse gases.
To their credit, some industrial and academic leaders -- even in the absence of leadership from Washington -- are working to curb global warming.
General Electric has recently acquired wind and coal-gasification technology and is part of a consortium of companies planning to test new nuclear licensing procedures.
Forward-looking energy executives, including Cinergy's James E. Rogers, favor carbon limits so that utilities like his will know what the future holds for them.
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