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[27 Apr 2005|05:13am] |
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Ah, the perfect discription for Herr Bush II, the ODD man out.....
BUSH BECOMING ENVIRONMENTAL ODD MAN OUT
[Editor's Note: Following are excerpts from an Earth Day
observation by syndicated columnist Edward Flattau.]
The Bush Administration has become the environmental "odd man
out". Europe has replaced us as the global leader in spreading
progressive environmental reforms. The European Union has much
stricter regulation of toxic chemicals than we do. There the
burden of proof invariably falls on the manufacturer to prove a
product is reasonably safe before it can enter the marketplace.
We're not nearly so cautious.
Virtually the entire international community has been more
aggressive than us in setting deadlines and quotas for meeting
pollution reduction goals to alleviate global warming. Even in
the developing world, China is enacting tougher vehicular fuel
economy and emission standards than exist on our shores.
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