Bush Follows Demands of Donors on Global Warming (Daily Mislead)

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Bush Follows Demands of Donors on Global Warming

In 2000, President Bush promised that, if elected, he would work to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming.1 Yet, upon taking office, he withdrew American support from the Kyoto Treaty to regulate carbon dioxide,2 and he dismissed a report from his own Environmental Protection Agency pointing out carbon dioxide's critical role in global warming.3 Now, with the White House having done nothing to address the growing problem, elected attorneys from New York City and eight states filed a lawsuit this week to force five utilities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.4

Why has President Bush reversed his position on carbon dioxide/global warming, and why has he refused to confront these energy companies himself? Because they are among the top donors to Republicans and the Bush-Cheney campaign.

Among the defendants in the case are:

Southern Company, a company that has given almost a half million dollars to Republicans congressional candidates5 since 2000; has given more than $1.1 million in soft money to the Republican Party;6 and whose executives7 and political action committee8 have given more than $79,000 directly to the Bush-Cheney campaign.


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