03 July 2005

wtf?

From BBC news: Bush rejects Kyoto-style G8 deal

"If this looks like Kyoto, the answer is no," he said in an interview with ITV's Tonight With Trevor McDonald programme.

"The Kyoto treaty would have wrecked our economy, if I can be blunt."

[snip]

But he showed signs of coming into line with general world opinion by describing climate change as "a significant, long-term issue that we've got to deal with".

In the past, he has strongly opposed any action on climate change in favour of further studies on the issue.

Hey Dubya! By the time you've done those "further studies", Bangledash will be the new Atlantis.

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