Bush holds line on global warming despite ruling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) –
President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he planned no new action to impose caps on greenhouse gases blamed for global warming despite the Supreme Court ruling that the
Environmental Protection Agency must regulate U.S. emissions.

Instead, Bush pointed to his proposal to require cars to burn more gasoline made from home-grown sources like ethanol, and repeated his long-held stance that U.S. action is meaningless without changes by China and India.


“My attitude is that we have laid out a plan that will affect greenhouse gases that come from automobiles by having a mandatory fuel standard,” Bush said.

“In other words, there is a remedy available for Congress. And I strongly hope that they pass this remedy quickly.”

Reuters