From Grist online magazine:


In a speech that compared the danger of environmental degradation to
the threat of terrorism, British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday
outlined a sweeping plan to combat global warming.  Blair called on
his country, the European Union, and would-be E.U. members in Eastern
Europe to cut carbon dioxide emissions 60 percent by 2050.  That
figure, which radically exceeds the one in the Kyoto Protocol on
climate change, is the one scientists say could save the planet from
the most dire consequences of the greenhouse effect.  In his speech,
Blair also criticized President Bush for backing out of Kyoto and
failing to propose a meaningful alternative, and he promised to
maintain pressure on the U.S. and other industrialized nations to cut
emissions.  Environmentalists praised the prime minister's vision,
but also said it was long on rhetoric and short on concrete policy
proposals.

straight to the source:  London Guardian, Paul Brown, 25 Feb 2003
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=820>

straight to the source:  New York Times, Lizette Alvarez, 25 Feb 2003
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=821>

only in Grist:  The unheralded leaders of the opposition to the Kyoto
climate change treaty --a carton by Suzy Becker
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/ha/ha100600.asp?source=daily>

do good:  Take action and tell your senator to tackle global warming
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/dogood/climate.asp?source=daily#Kyoto>




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