Bush Urges G8 to Lead Shift from Oil and Gas

President Bush urged leaders ahead of a G8 summit on Wednesday to spearhead a worldwide effort to invest in alternatives to oil and gas to help control global warming.

Speaking hours before the start of the G8 meeting in Scotland, Bush put forward economic arguments that might help bridge gaping U.S. differences with the other seven countries over how to cope with climate change.

“Listen, the United States, for national security reasons and economic security, needs to diversify away from fossil fuels. And so we’ve put out a strategy to do just that. I can’t wait to share it with our G8 friends,” he told reporters in Denmark.
Reuters