Climate change brought about by human activity is increasing.
The evidence is solid.
And the Bush Administration wants everybody to keep quiet about it.
U.S. tries to block support for policies on global warming
By Juliet Eilperin
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has been working for months to keep an upcoming eight-nation report from endorsing broad policies aimed at curbing global warming, according to domestic and foreign participants.
The group working on the report has concluded Arctic latitudes face historic increases in temperature, glacial melting and abrupt weather changes. State Department representatives have argued that the group lacks evidence to prepare detailed policy proposals.
Several participants in the negotiations, all of whom requested anonymity for fear of derailing the Nov. 24 report, said officials from the eight nations and six indigenous tribes involved in the effort had ample science on which to draft policy. .... [ full article ]
