To: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kyoto clears last hurdle / Scientists against Bush / U.S.
can end oil use
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:27:03 -0400
EMS UPDATE - Sept 30, 2004
KYOTO CLEARS LAST HURDLE
The Russian cabinet approved the ratification of the Kyoto global warming
treaty today. Russia's ratification means the Kyoto Protocol will enter
into force as an internationally binding treaty in 2005.
The treaty must still win the approval of Russia's lower parliament house,
but that is considered a virtual certainty.
News stories & press releases: http://www.ems.org
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SCIENTISTS BEGIN TOUR TO OPPOSE BUSH
Scientists and Engineers for Change, a group that includes 10 Nobel
laureates, has begun a tour to battleground states to highlight the misuse
of science by the Bush administration.
"I am not a Democrat and I have never played a significant role in
politics," said Dr. Douglas Osheroff, a Nobel-winning professor of physics
at Stanford who is a part of the group. "We must begin to address climate
change now. To do so, we must have an administration that listens to the
scientific community, not one that manipulates and minimizes scientific
input."
Tour stops are scheduled for Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New
Mexico, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Press release, news: http://www.ems.org
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STUDY: U.S. CAN END OIL USE
A Pentagon-cofunded blueprint for making the United States oil-free,
released September 20 by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), finds that by
2015 the United States can save more oil than it gets from the Persian
Gulf -- and can eliminate its oil use altogether by 2050. The plan achieves
a net cost savings for the United States and does not require taxation or
regulation.
The plan, "Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and
Security," would eliminate half of U.S. oil use through improved efficiency,
and the other half through the use of biofuels and natural gas.
"Because saving and substituting oil costs less than buying it, our study
finds a net savings of $70 billion a year," said RMI CEO Amory Lovins.
More: http://www.ems.org
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