Bush on Global Warming

“I have put our nation on a path to slow, stop, and eventually reverse the growth of our greenhouse gas emissions.”

“Today, I'm announcing a new national goal: to stop the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025.”

“Taken together, these landmark actions will prevent billions of metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere.”

“The Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act were never meant to regulate global climate.”

“The wrong way is to raise taxes, duplicate mandates, or demand sudden and drastic emissions cuts that have no chance of being realized and every chance of hurting our economy.”

“Today we have different incentives for different technologies -- from nuclear power, to clean coal, to wind and solar energy. What we need to do is consolidate them into a single, expanded program.”

“Our new 2025 goal marks a major step forward in America's efforts to address climate change. Yet even if we reduced our own emissions to zero tomorrow, we would not make a meaningful dent in solving the problem without concerted action by all major econom”