Bush Ally Concerned About Global Warming

Seems that some in the Bush camp agree with Al Gore when he says about global warming, "The evidence of this worsening crisis continues to mount." Vice President Gore was a main participant in creating the Kyoto Protocol to stem global warming. As President, George Bush withdrew US support for it, placing business profits over the environment once again.

From Reuters this morning..."Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, a close ally of the Bush family, broke ranks with the Bush administration on Thursday and called for the United States to get serious about global warming.

Baker, in a speech to an audience that included a number of oil company executives, said “orderly” change to alternative energy was needed.

'It may surprise you a little bit, but maybe it’s because I’m a hunter and a fisherman, but I think we need to a pay a little more attention to what we need to do to protect our environment,' he told the Houston Forum Club....

The current Bush administration refused to sign on to the international Kyoto Treaty to combat climate change, saying it would hurt the U.S. economy. "

I simplify the Kyoto Protocol and global warming here, and have links to the US Global Warming Info Center here.