...and we know that when THEY do an about-face like this, it's only because the problem has GOTTEN SO BAD IT CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED--or giggled at by Rush Limbaugh.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37232-2004Aug26.html(snippy snippy snip)
A Bush administration report suggests that evidence of global warming has begun to affect animal and plant populations in visible ways, and that rising temperatures in North America are due in part to human activity.
"The administration is finally admitting what the National Academy of Sciences and virtually every other scientific body has concluded: Climate change is happening now," Petsonk said. "It's time for the United States, the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluter, to step up to the plate and start cutting emissions."
The overview also concludes that based on studies of more than 1,700 species, "the balance of evidence" shows global warming effects are evident in plants and animals.
In response, Marburger said: "Climate change can have broad implications for our environment, and that is why the president has put forward an aggressive strategy to develop the best science and technology to address the issue."
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That last bit? Priceless. Put forward a strategy. Develop. Address. Put off. Piddle around. Sweep under the carpet. CONTINUE TO IGNORE.
*sigh*
That was a nice planet we had, once.
"...are we gonna move?"
--Baby Sinclair