President Bush Going the Wrong Way on Global Warming

50 activists, including Greenpeace Executive Director John Passacantando, were arrested for protesting President Bush's sideshow act on global warming. Instead of working with the international community and signing the Kyoto Protocol, President Bush summoned a meeting of the largest and dirtiest nations polluting the globe.

What's the goal of this meeting? To persuade other countries to undermine United Nations negotiations and substitute it with voluntary pledges.

Greenpeace Executive Director John Passacantando, is arrested in front of the State Department. Check out the slideshow for more images.

Protesters have gathered in the nation's capital to get an important message across not only to the leaders at Bush’s meeting, but to the world… Global warming is threatening the future of our planet.

It's time for real action

Greenpeace protesters are calling out President Bush—he can't deny global warming any longer. It's clear: if Bush were serious about solving global warming he would join with 175 other countries, and sign the Kyoto Protocol. As Elvis Presley said, "a little less conversation, a little more action."

The countries meeting in Washington account for over 90% of emissions worldwide. Real action by those gathered in Washington could deliver massive cuts in emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. But this would require binding, mandatory targets for industrialized countries which the U.S. rejects.

The Big Emitters meeting must not distract from the valuable and constructive work within the United Nations leading up to the climate talks in Bali. What the world needs is a strong Bali Mandate and a strengthened Kyoto Protocol.


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