California and the Governator leading the way towards dealing with Global Warming in the US

The Bush administration's apathy towards taking action against global warming is forcing California, who had the "12th largest source of greenhouse gases in the world last year, bigger than most nations," to handle the problem on its own by working with the UK to create "a new trans-Atlantic market in carbon dioxide emissions."

If I was the president, I'd be extremely embarassed by such an event since no one from the Bush administration is even participating in this collaboration and that one of the people involved, the governator, is from his own political party. There were "about 25 chief executive officers of major corporations around the world" in attendance including Dupont and Goldman Sachs. Bush's environmental advisor, James Connaughton (the architect of the pro-industry "Clear Skies Initiative") couldn't be there because of a "scheduling conflict." With so many important figures attending this meeting, you would think that the Bush administration would have one representative there. Well it seems that the Bush administration just doesn't care about global warming. Which is pretty obvious.

Thinkprogress writes that "Barry Rabe, a University of Michigan professor and an expert on U.S. climate policy at the state level, said the administration’s failure to attend sends the wrong message. 'It suggests certainly in this instance the federal government is really conspicuous by its absence,' he said.'"

Global warming is a real threat with an international consensus among scientists of its causes. The Bush administration must get its priorities straight in terms of taking action against global warming!