Ed Markey: “this week the world convened at the United Nations to combat climate change, but President Bush stayed away. While the…”

“this week the world convened at the United Nations to combat climate change, but President Bush stayed away. While the rest of the world knows that carbon dioxide threatens the planet, this administration can't even decide if it endangers the planet. President Bush's response is not action, but talk. Instead of stopping the pollution, he starts a filibuster. President Bush has decided to host a conversation to discuss his aspiration for procrastination on global warming until he leaves office. It is time for America to save the planet from another 50 years of red, white and blue CO2. It is time for America to use its technological genius to launch a new future of clean power, new jobs, and lower cost. We have no choice. The ice is melting. The coral is dying. The forests are burning, and 30 percent of all species are in danger of extinction. President Bush, it is time to stop the empty rhetoric and to start saving the planet.”