Well a few words from Manchuian Candidate John McCain (with his connections to organized crime) and Holy Joe Lieberman (boy that Bronfman sure got around for this poor kid whose father drove a bakery truck went to Yale)....and such is the way with 5 and 6 point gangs ..... It seems Holy Joe is worried about Ameica's industry being put a risk - what industry, it has all moved to Mexico or into other third world countries for cheap labor? Worried about industy? Where were they when Marc Rich was stealing from the Americans and attempting to destroy the Steel Workers Union - their mission by the way was accomplished over the years. Only person who gave a damn about the Steel Mills was J. Traficant and the feds want to send him up the river as their scape goat? While J J Cafara who gives big bucks to both parties, in an attempt to keep out of prison, after selling out Traficant....sure am curious about this Cleveland connection and Cafaro's connection to Klingle Park - where little Chandra had pulled up directions to same on her web - or was it someone else looking for a place to dump some waste material - lots of constuction going on in this area - So nothing new under the sun but if you want to see what is wrong with America, read the words of our Manchurian Candidate and Holy Joe - I liked it when Clinton going to bring Peace to the Holy Land and get a Nobel Peace Award - now his idea of peace was to arm the Israeli's to the teeth, and sent a dump truck of stones to the Palestinians......however, he forgot what a great impact fertilizer can make under certain conditions..... This is the same group that believed cows emitting methane gas caused the green house theory crisis.......now I do not know what they have been feeding all thoses cows but sounded like a lot of bull to me, at the time. Saba Senators press Bush on warming Lieberman and McCain urge emissions curbs Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., are leading a bipartisan push to force the White House to revise its stance on global warming. By Eric Pianin THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 — Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and Democratic Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.) yesterday jointly called for a plan to require all U.S. power plants and industries to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, the latest sign of congressional unrest with President Bush's handling of global warming. 'I believe this failure abdicates the United States' position as a leader in environmental affairs and places U.S. industry at risk.' — SEN. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN (D-CONN.) THE ANNOUNCEMENT from two of the Senate's leading figures follows a unanimous vote in the Foreign Relations Committee this week urging Bush to return to the bargaining table this fall with specific proposals for a new binding international global warming treaty. While most senators agree with Bush that the 1997 Kyoto protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a bad deal for the United States, many sharply disagree with his refusal to negotiate an alternative pact with U.S. allies. On July 23, negotiators from 178 countries adopted rules for implementing the Kyoto treaty — but without U.S. participation — and Lieberman and McCain joined a growing chorus of lawmakers urging Bush to reconsider his stance. "I have been extremely troubled by the failure of our government to engage on this crucial issue," Lieberman said in a floor speech. "I believe this failure abdicates the United States' position as a leader in environmental affairs and places U.S. industry at risk." A SENATE REPUBLICAN FIRST 'The United States has a responsibility to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases. The current situation demands leadership from the United States.' — SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-ARIZ.) McCain became the first Senate Republican to propose such an aggressive approach to controlling greenhouse gas emissions, which scientists say trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming. It was a dramatic evolution in his thinking since his unsuccessful challenge to Bush in the 2000 campaign, when McCain initially questioned whether global warming was a real problem. Since then, the maverick conservative has held a series of Commerce and Science Committee hearings highlighting the need for swift action while Bush has largely called for more research. "Given the fact that United States produces approximately 25 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions, the United States has a responsibility to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases," McCain said in a floor speech. "The current situation demands leadership from the United States." Advertisement McCain and Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential nominee last year and a potential presidential candidate in 2004, said they intend to introduce legislation later this year that would set an economy-wide cap on U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases. The bill would also establish a trading system that would allow utilities and plants with excessive emissions to purchase credits from more efficient companies that have reduced emissions beyond their targets. A similar system has operated for years, under the Clean Air Act, to limit the threat of acid rain. Lieberman and McCain offered few details and said they intend to confer widely with industry and political leaders before introducing their bill. MSNBC's environment coverage CABINET WORKING GROUP White House spokesman Scott McClellan did not respond directly to the Lieberman-McCain initiative. But he said a high-level Cabinet working group has been meeting with "a shared goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a truly global approach that would not exempt developing countries and won't harm America's economy." During last year's campaign, Bush was highly critical of the Kyoto treaty's tough mandatory reductions on greenhouse gas emissions and said the plan unfairly exempted developing countries while placing more onerous burdens on the United States. The president backed away from a campaign pledge to work to reduce power plant emissions of carbon dioxide and instead is promoting a plan focusing on three other pollutants — nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and mercury. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said last month that the United States would have a new global warming proposal ready for an international meeting in November, but national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman subsequently said the administration had no such plans. OTHER SENATORS URGE ACTION The administration's tough line on talks has elicited protests from lawmakers who favor a more aggressive policy. Recently, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James M. Jeffords (I-Vt.) unveiled a plan to regulate all four major power plant pollutants, including carbon dioxide. Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) have jointly sponsored a bill — approved in committee this week — to prompt the administration to do more on the problem. Moreover, several moderate and conservative Senate Republicans, including Sam Brownback (Kan.), Susan Collins (Maine) and Olympia J. Snowe (Maine), have introduced or co-sponsored measures aimed at reducing global warming. However, none of those proposals is nearly as far-reaching as the one being offered by McCain and Lieberman. Fred Krupp of Environmental Defense described the announcement as "a major signal we are going to move forward on greenhouse gases." Philip J. Clapp of the National Environmental Trust said, "It's a representation of how impatient even Republican senators have become." McCain and Lieberman argued that without taking the more aggressive approach, U.S. multinational corporations will be forced to operate under two sets of rules and will be denied access to the emissions credit trading system that will be established by the Europeans and Japanese under the Kyoto agreement. © 2001 The Washington Post Company Wilbon: Stringer a reminder of annual tragedies Bob Levey annual collection T-shirt slogans, vol. 1 39-year-old man among best in baton twirling Download a Post screen saver of Post photos Personalize your Post: mywashingtonpost.com On the Lightbox: Cool photos of the day Bush pressed on emissions cuts Boom times for oil and gas drillers WashPost: Energy bill a gusher for Big Oil Bush energized by bill, Arctic oil MSNBC Cover Page MSNBC VIEWER'S TOP 10 Would you recommend this story to other viewers? not at all 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 highly MSNBC is optimized for • Microsoft Internet Explorer • Windows Media Player • MSNBC Terms, Conditions and Privacy © 2001 Cover | News | Business | Sports | Local News | Health | Technology | Living & Travel TV News | Opinions | Weather | ComicsInformation Center | Help | News Tools | Write Us | Terms & Conditions & Privacy
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