Long-awaited report shows continued rise in carbon emissions in U.S.

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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 โ€œthe presidentโ€™s portfolio of actions addressing climate change and his unparalleled financial commitments areย working.โ€

But David W. Conover, who directed the administrationโ€™s Climate Change Technology Program until February 2006 and is now counsel to the National Commission on Energy Policy, said Bush has supported โ€œmandatory limitsโ€ on carbonย emissions.

โ€œWhen 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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