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U.S. Continues Opposition to Kyoto Environmental Treaty

fenris_23 writes "The AP is reporting that President Bush has reiterated his opposition to the Kyoto Treaty despite President Putin's acceptance of the treaty and recent scientific evidence directly linking greenhouse emissions to arctic warming. 'President Bush strongly opposes any treaty or policy that would cause the loss of a single American job, let alone the nearly 5 million jobs Kyoto would have cost,' said James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality."

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  1. Re:American Jobs by jarich · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Can you cite some reference here about Bush supporting offshoring?

    Here's one about Kerry and Heinz...

    http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/200 4/04/19/editorial2.html

  2. Jobs, what about lives? by PhunkySchtuff · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "President Bush strongly opposes any treaty or policy that would cause the loss of a single American job"
    Yet he's happy to send troops to get themselves killed in Iraq.

  3. Impeach Bush and try him for Treason by Cryofan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And then when found guilty, punish him as traitors should be punished.

    --
    eat shiat and bark at the moon
  4. Re:It's is a SHAM. by True+Grit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok, s/all/almost all/

    Whatever.

    I once heard someone claim the coalition had more than 100 countries in it. Now how many countries have troops in Iraq? How many will still be there a year from now? Yeah, I thought so.