A BIG challenge facing George Bush as he travels Europe this week is to
persuade his allies that he is serious about climate change. Rejecting the Kyoto
Protocol with its national targets for carbon emissions is one thing—but
of deeper concern is the impression he has given that the science underlying
global warming is suspect. So, it’s encouraging that Bush’s talk from the Rose
Garden of the White House on Monday embraces that science, and contains the germ
of a new approach.
The President still hedges about scientific uncertainty, the “fatal flaws” in
the Kyoto Protocol and “ensuring continued…
