Greenhouse-gas emissions will grow nearly as fast through the next decade as they did the previous decade, says the long-delayed United States Climate Action Report prepared for the UN. That means emissions will increase 11 per cent in 2012 from 2002 versus 11.6 per cent the previousย decade.
A Bush spokeswoman said the report shows โthe presidentโs portfolio of actions addressing climate change and his unparalleled financial commitments areย working.โ
But David W. Conover, who directed the administrationโs Climate Change Technology Program until February 2006 and is now counsel to the National Commission on Energy Policy, said Bush has supported โmandatory limitsโ on carbonย emissions.
โWhen he announced his voluntary greenhouse-gas intensity reduction goal in 2002, he said it would be re-evaluated in light of scientific developments. The science now clearly calls for a mandatory program that establishes a price for greenhouse-gasย emissions.โ
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