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Article: Greenhouse and White House. (George Bush's refusal to endorse extreme remedies for greenhouse effect)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- March 5, 1990
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A SPEECH to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is UN-sponsored, President Bush wisely refused to endorse extreme so-called remedies for the "greenhouse effect." This refers to the buildup of gases in the atmosphere, and an expert scientific consensus does exist to the effect that these gases result from the burning of fossil fuels.
After that, there is no consensus. Some predict global warming, the melting of the polar icecaps, and disastrous flooding. Others deny that the gas buildup is especially dramatic. Still others regard it as in fact benign, and having the effect of countering a cyclical global-cooling trend-a Second Ice Age ...