President Bush on Kyoto Protocol
I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it
exempts 80% of the world, including major population centers such as China and India,
from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy. The Senate's vote,
95-0, shows that there is a clear consensus that the Kyoto Protocol is an
unfair and ineffective means of addressing global climate change concerns. As
you also know, I support a comprehensive and balanced national energy policy
that takes into account the importance of improving air quality. Consistent
with this balanced approach, I intend to work with the Congress on a
multi-pollutant strategy to require power plants to reduce emissions of sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury. Any such strategy would include phasing
in reductions over a reasonable period of time, providing regulatory certainty,
and offering market-based incentives to help industry meet the targets. I do
not believe, however, that the government should impose on power plants
mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide, which is not a pollutant
under the Clean Air Act. A recently released DOE Report, Analysis of Strategies
for Reducing Multiple Emissions from Power Plants, concluded that including
caps on carbon dioxide emissions as part of a multiple emissions strategy would
lead to an even more dramatic shift from coal to natural gas for electric power
generation and significantly higher electricity prices compared to scenarios in
which only sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides were reduced. This is important
new information that warrants a reevaluation, especially at a time of rising
energy prices and a serious energy shortage. Coal generates more than half of America's
electricity supply. At a time when California
has already experienced energy shortages, and other Western states are worried
about price and availability of energy this summer, we must be very careful not
to take actions that could harm consumers. This is especially true given the
incomplete state of scientific knowledge of the causes of, and solutions to,
global climate change and the lack of commercially available technologies for
removing and storing carbon dioxide. Consistent with these concerns, we will
continue to fully examine global climate change issues - including the science,
technologies, market-based systems, and innovative options for addressing
concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. I am very optimistic
that, with the proper focus and working with our allies, we will be able to
develop technologies, market incentives, and other creative ways to address
global climate change.
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