For seven years the Bush administration has used every tool at its disposal to obstruct efforts to address climate change [search]. Now this immoral do nothing climate policy is threatened by both a renewed national push by the Senate to reduce emissions through a trading system [ark | more2ark2], and an united international community demanding the United States engage in post-Kyoto negotiations [ark] in Bali. Bush and other Republicans resist mandatory emission cuts on the basis of alleged economic costs and using the red herring that poor nations were not also required to cut emissions. The Bush cabal has lied about the science and obstructed national and international efforts to meaningfully cut greenhouse gas emissions. In pure ideological delay-tactics, Bush spokespersons assure us...
UPDATE: Our hopes have been dashed as China has announced it has no plans to cap their carbon emissions but will instead seek to lower the carbon intensity [search] of its economy. This is the same lame U.S. policy. The number 1 and number 2 carbon polluters in the world are increasingly international pariah states.
Japanese media reports that China will soon commit to "participate proactively in talks on an international framework to fight global warming from 2013". This could include negotiated participation in mandatory greenhouse gas emission cuts including carbon dioxide. China will soon be the largest producer of greenhouse gases, yet China has not been obligated under Kyoto [search] to make carbon cuts. This was negotiated as a matter of equity, acknowledging that developed...