Environment America is the new home of U.S. PIRG’s environmental work.
The President’s proposal changes nothing but the venue for the
administration’s do-nothing approach to global warming.
By setting a goal of late 2008 for establishing non-binding emissions
reduction targets, President Bush locks the U.S. in to at least two more years
on a path toward dangerous global warming.
We must have mandatory limits on pollution in order to achieve the 80 percent
reductions in global warming pollution emissions that scientists say are
necessary to avoid the worst effects of global warming. Asking industries nicely to reduce their
emissions has not worked; we need real action.
Time is running short, but we can still avoid the worst effects of
global warming by making our cars and trucks go farther on a gallon of gas,
making our homes and offices more efficient, and using more renewable energy
like wind, solar, and geothermal.
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