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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (2438)	4/11/2001 5:51:10 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

Well, I'll dig up Norton's past for you and what when did to a State when she was the AG. She ruined a river, because she let business self-audit their projects. There was a huge spill. She didn't prosecute the people initially. I believe she prosecuted after the time limit had elapsed. She kicked the EPA in the rear end, but they ended up paying for the clean up.

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (2438)	4/11/2001 5:59:03 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

New proposal to revive Kyoto treaty Special report: global warming Special report: George Bush's America Julian Borger in Washington Monday April 9, 2001 The Guardian The Bush administration is putting forward alternative guidelines for a new international global warming agreement, it was reported yesterday, as it finds itself increasingly isolated on the world stage for its rejection of the Kyoto treaty. The guidelines were put forward by a US deputy secretary of state, Richard Armitage, at a meeting on Friday with a Japanese delegation. Tokyo had sent its representatives to express its concern over the US declaration that it had "no interest" in the 1997 Kyoto protocol, in which the leaders of the world's industrialised countries, including President Clinton, agreed to cut emissions of greenhouse gases. Japanese reports of the meeting were vague about the details of Mr Armitage's proposals, but said they were built around a three-point agenda. These points appeared to address longstanding US objections to the Kyoto accord: the exemption it offers developing countries; the burden it puts on the US as the world's biggest offender to curb emissions; and the lack of consideration given to new technologies and market-based ways of tackling global warming. Mr Armitage said the US proposals would be ready to present to a convention on climate change to be held in Bonn in July. But in a joint article published at the weekend, the president of the European commission, Romano Prodi, and the Swedish prime minister, Goran Persson, argued that it would be better to amend the Kyoto agreement to make allowance for US objections than to tear it up entirely. "If certain parts of the agreement prevent the United States from ratifying it, we should negotiate about those parts rather than bury the entire agreement," the two leaders wrote in the Swedish regional daily newspaper Goteborgs-Posten. "In our opinion, it would be a tragic mistake to tear up the agreement and start over from scratch. We would lose time, and that would make us all losers." The pressure on Washington to limit its greenhouse gas emissions will mount this week when a report is published by several of America's leading scientists assessing the damage global warming is likely to inflict on the US economy and its environment. Meanwhile, the diplomatic campaign to force Mr Bush to rethink continued yesterday with a joint communique from the environment ministers of Japan, China and South Korea, saying they "sincerely hope" that the US will cooperate with other countries at Bonn to put together a plan to implement the Kyoto accord. In the US, the Democrats have moved fast to capitalise on the Bush administration's isolation, pushing a measure through the Senate on Friday which restores $4.5bn (£2.8bn) in funds for programmes addressing climate change, which the White House had attempted to cut. The bill drew significant Republican support and reflected uneasiness about the way the administration has handled the issue. "While no one is under the illusion that Kyoto is perfect, this vote today... underscores that the Bush administration's initial approach of ignoring climate change altogether is beyond imperfect - it's unacceptable," said John Kerry, a Democratic senator. The vice-president, Dick Cheney, defended the White House's environmental policies yesterday and accused its critics of hypocrisy: "Kyoto was a dead proposition before we ever arrived in Washington. All we did was to make it clear that the US would not be bound by it." guardian.co.uk

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (2438)	4/11/2001 6:02:33 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

Bend Coke's ear on Kyoto, say MPs "The MPs are targeting Coca-Cola because it gave nearly $1m to GEORGE BUSH's campaign for the presidency last year. They are also incensed that Coca-Cola has borrowed the environmentalists' slogan "think globally, act locally" but think it can be persuaded to act upon it. " Special report: global warming Michael White, political editor Wednesday April 11, 2001 The Guardian A cross-party committee of MPs yesterday launched an unprecedented campaign to persuade Coca-Cola's customers around the world to strong arm the global soft drinks company into backing the Kyoto protocols against global warming. They appealed to young customers to bombard both Coca-Cola - initially in Britain - and the White House directly. "We turn not to the foes of President Bush, but to his friends, those whose wise counsels have influenced the president, those whose wide pockets have sustained him," said the former consumer affairs minister, Nigel Griffiths. The MPs are targeting Coca-Cola because it gave nearly $1m to George Bush's campaign for the presidency last year. They are also incensed that Coca-Cola has borrowed the environmentalists' slogan "think globally, act locally" but think it can be persuaded to act upon it. Though they are in touch with MEPs at Strasbourg, with French greens and with Joe Lieberman, Al Gore's running mate in November, the MPs believe that Coca-Cola's marketing image as a drink for young people makes it vulnerable to pressure from precisely that group of consumers. Tory backbenchers such as Peter Bottomley and Liberal Democrat Tom Brake have joined 30 Labour MPs in launching what they hope will turn into the global email campaign, directed at Coca-Cola's "ear, not its wallet" . The National Union of Students is also backing the campaign. Tony Blair and his ministers have signalled their dismay that Mr Bush has reversed his campaign pledge to back Kyoto. But there are signs that American public opinion is shifting towards seeking to implement the Kyoto deal - stalled in December - which will be discussed in Berlin in July. It would commit the US to cut carbon emissions by 7% below 1990 levels by 2012. Join the campaign • Email the UK vice president of Coca Cola, Thomson Long, on tlong@eur.ko.com • Email President George Bush on president@whitehouse.gov More information about the campaign Email ngriffithsmp@parliament.uk to find out more guardian.co.uk