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Last week, the Bush administration issued a report acknowledging that carbon dioxide emissions were the only likely explanation for global warming. Dr. James R. Mahoney, the director of the Bush administration's climate-change-science program, delivered the report to Congress; he said that it reflected "the best possible scientific information" on climate change. But this report, according to the administration, does not indicate a shift in its positionPresident Bush maintains that the science on global warming is not strong enough.
When the Bush administration issued a document in 2002 suggesting that global warming had a human cause, President Bush dismissed it as "put out by the bureaucracy." The new report was signed by Bush's secretaries of energy and commerce, and by his science adviser. The New York Times reported that, in an interview, President Bush "appeared unfamiliar" with the report. When asked why the administration had changed its position on the causes of global warming, the President said, "Ah, we did? I don't think so." John H. Marburger, the president's science adviser, said the report has "no implications for policy." James R. Mahoney said that the main cause of climate change is water vapor.
(Sources: Andrew Revkin, "U.S. Report Turns Focus to Greenhouse Gases," New York Times, August 26, 2004. See article at: nytimes.com. David Sanger and Elisabeth Bumiller, "Bush Dismisses Idea That Kerry Lied on Vietnam," New York Times, August 27, 2004. See article at: nytimes.com. Juliet Eilperin, "Administration Shifts on Global Warming," Washington Post, August 27, 2004. See article at: washingtonpost.com.)
Last week, the Bush administration issued a report acknowledging that carbon dioxide emissions were the only likely explanation for global warming. Dr. James R. Mahoney, the director of the Bush administration's climate-change-science program, delivered the report to Congress; he said that it reflected "the best possible scientific information" on climate change. But this report, according to the administration, does not indicate a shift in its positionPresident Bush maintains that the science on global warming is not strong enough.
When the Bush administration issued a document in 2002 suggesting that global warming had a human cause, President Bush dismissed it as "put out by the bureaucracy." The new report was signed by Bush's secretaries of energy and commerce, and by his science adviser. The New York Times reported that, in an interview, President Bush "appeared unfamiliar" with the report. When asked why the administration had changed its position on the causes of global warming, the President said, "Ah, we did? I don't think so." John H. Marburger, the president's science adviser, said the report has "no implications for policy." James R. Mahoney said that the main cause of climate change is water vapor.
(Sources: Andrew Revkin, "U.S. Report Turns Focus to Greenhouse Gases," New York Times, August 26, 2004. See article at: nytimes.com. David Sanger and Elisabeth Bumiller, "Bush Dismisses Idea That Kerry Lied on Vietnam," New York Times, August 27, 2004. See article at: nytimes.com. Juliet Eilperin, "Administration Shifts on Global Warming," Washington Post, August 27, 2004. See article at: washingtonpost.com.)