Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Climate change expert says Pelosi wants to 'embarrass' Bush on European visit By Jim Brown

"An energy policy analyst says Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's global warming trip overseas is intended to embarrass President Bush and show Europe that she's committed to 'slowing economic growth' by limiting carbon dioxide emissions.

Speaker Pelosi and seven other members of the U.S. House of Representatives are holding meetings with scientists and politicians in Greenland, Germany, and Belgium to discuss ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Pelosi has criticized President Bush for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty that caps the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted from power plants and factories in industrialized countries."

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