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Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:13:11 +0200
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Subject: Greens warn Bush of opposition to come
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Subject: [gaia-l] Greens warn Bush of opposition to come
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 19:53:10 -0300
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UK: May 21, 2001
LONDON - Britain's Green Party has warned U.S. President George W. Bush his
plan to tackle the U.S. energy crisis would face a barrage of criticism at a
European Union summit next month.
Jean Lambert, Green Party spokeswoman and European Parliament member, said
on Friday Greens across Europe would martial their forces to blast Bush's
energy policy.
"Bush's plans to increase drilling for fossil fuels and increase nuclear
capacity are potentially disastrous," Lambert said at the launch of the
Green's campaign for Britain's June 7 general election.
"He is taking the completely wrong direction and should be concerned with
reducing demand for energy, not with producing more of it. We will certainly
focus on Bush and his environmental policies at the summit in Sweden,"
Lambert said, referring to the Gothenburg meeting set for June 13.
While the Greens have yet to make headway in mainstream British politics,
they are a political player in parts of continental Europe, and have become
a potent force in Germany.
Bush, who has been slammed by international environmental groups over his
plans to expand U.S. coal, oil and nuclear power production, is scheduled to
attend the summit.
He has called his energy strategy a remedy to "the most serious energy
shortage" since the 1970s.
But the European Commission unveiled its own strategy earlier this week to
put environmental protection at the heart of all its policies and to make
the EU the world leader in sustainable economic development.
Europe and the United States have locked horns over environmental policy
since Bush pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto climate change deal in March.
European Commission President Romano Prodi will submit his paper, "A
Sustainable Europe for a Better World", to EU Leaders at the summit.
The Green party, which is fielding 140 candidates in the campaign for the
June 7 British election, is touting policies of fairer taxation, increased
petrol duty and a ban on genetically modified foods.
Story by Jason Hopps
REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
