The most recent summit on climate change, & the most important since Kyoto, was just held in Montreal & labeled the Montreal Summit, about 2 weeks ago(where was the US news coverage of this event?). Of the 130 attending nations only the US walked out, again unwilling as at Kyoto to seriously acknowledge the problems & that not only are we a big part of the problem by first our contributions to the causes in climate change but by also hindering, by not trying to get on board & assist with agreeing to a solution instead of fighting a solution. The other nations did not walk out of the summit quacking about ducks, like some spoiled child as the US did (thanks Canada for buying the US delegate a flock of plastic duckies). We are not standing up to these problems as some would like to suggest. We are preparing to find a way to open the Gulf of Mexico & the Alaskan Wilderness to exploration & development no matter what studies say & no matter the environmental cost. Our fuel plants have newer & better laws & more tax benefits that would encourage less efficiency & safety in lieu of productivity. Seeing as how much oil we import we could probably raise the bar in world wide shipping policy standards. Have we required all ships that import oil to the US be doubled hulled? Could we see that ships are properly manned by a reasonably sized crew? Has Bush taken any positive actions when it comes to our environment & if he has, pray tell, what are they & how will they weight in comparison to his negative actions?

Barry