Schwarzenegger accuses Bush on global warming — Washington Post Op-Ed and Reuters story. Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) and Jodi Rell (R-CT): “It’s bad enough that the federal government has yet to take the threat of global warming seriously, but it borders on malfeasance for it to block the efforts of states such as California and Connecticut that are trying to protect the public’s health and welfare.” They write scathingly of the President:
Another discouraging sign came just last week, when President Bush issued an executive order to give federal agencies until the end of 2008 to continue studying the threat of greenhouse gas emissions and determine what can be done about them.
To us, that again sounds like more of the same inaction and denial, and it is unconscionable.
Dems Better on Energy, but Not by Enough – CBSNews.com reprinting a column from the Nation. Quotable quote: “In sum, Democrats call for a dramatic change of course from Bush’s policies, and their rhetoric touts a compelling national mission…. No one has yet portrayed the scope and urgency of this national imperative. A bold leader would summon the nation to action.”
And the ever important green celebrity of the week: Leonardo DiCaprio. The headline hits on the hot button issue for would-be jet-setting environmentalists: “No more private jets for me, DiCaprio tells Cannes.”
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