05/31/07

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kristin Lee, (202) 785-8683 or kristin_lee@lcv.org

WASHINGTON, DC – League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski issued the following statement in response to President Bush’s proposed plan to address global warming: 

“It is ironic that President Bush who so often has had a go-it-alone, shoot-now-ask-questions-later stance with regard to international affairs, now seems unable to act on global warming without having 15 nations participate in something that won't produce a policy goal for another year and a half. 

“This grand statement is merely a misdirection play to divert attention from the fact that  the Bush Administration is rejecting the concrete proposals by our closest  allies on the eve of the G8 summit.”

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