Originally published July 25 2005
Columnist: Congress needs to keep its opinions straight on environmental issues
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Even though during the 109th Congress on June 22 the Senate recognized a need to combat the threat of global warming for the first time, Arizona Daily Wildcat columnist Susan Bonicillo notes that the Senate has trouble keeping their opinions straight because an easy and productive proposal called the “Climate Stewardship Act” was shot down in that same session.
For the first time the Senate officially recognized the growing threat of global warming, declaring that action must be taken to address this problem by approving the resolution "Sense of the Senate on Climate Change."
Going against the administration's policy of voluntary emission reductions, the Senate stated that mandatory cuts should be implemented to curb industrial pollution.
On that same day, another resolution was offered by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) that actually presented quantifiable limits on the emissions of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which effectively trap heat in the earth's atmosphere.
Called the "Climate Stewardship Act," the measure, despite being far less stringent than the demands of the bitterly contested Kyoto protocol, was rejected by Senators who apparently can't keep their opinions straight.
The inconsistency in advocating mandatory emission cuts while at the same time rejecting measures that set actual limits reflects the growing consensus that the U.S. government is content in its complacency, paying lip-service to the problem rather than enacting real, meaningful change.
nations of the G-8will meet today in Scotland.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, current president of the G-8, has placed the plight of Africa and global warming as his most important issues to address.
To put it in perspective, residents of Arizona will experience, among other things, worsened drought conditions due to decreased snowpack in the Colorado River Basin, and our needs for water will be met only 59 to 75 percent of the time.
The course of action that President Bush will recommend involves more research for alternative sources of energy and carbon sequestering, yet still no calls for setting mandatory limits on carbon emissions.
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