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Prez Finds It's Not Easy Being Green

Bush's plan to combat global warming leaves some critics cold

By Michael O'Connor,  Newser User

Posted Jan 31, 2008 1:57 PM CST

(Newser) – President Bush's $2 billion proposal to help finance cleaner technologies for developing countries may be too little, too late, the Christian Science Monitor reports. While some laud Monday's State of the Union plan as "a major landmark in addressing global warming," critics argue expecting voluntary contributions from other industrial nations "adds up to lots of rhetoric and little actual change."

Compared to the $100 billion China puts into new oil and coal resources every year, Bush's proposal seems a small sum. But Bush might have softened his stance of boycotting a global climate arrangement without India and China. US News and World Report believes the fund is "an acknowledgment that maybe we should lend a hand if we want to get them on board."

Graphic shows highlights of President Bush's State of the Union address
Graphic shows highlights of President Bush's State of the Union address   (Associated Press)
President Bush delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, Monday Jan. 28, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Bush delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, Monday Jan. 28, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)   (Associated Press)
A worker walks by televisions broadcasting U.S. President George W. Bush's State of Union speech at an electronic market in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Ahn  Young-joon)
A worker walks by televisions broadcasting U.S. President George W. Bush's State of Union speech at an electronic market in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)   (Associated Press)
President Bush delivers the State of the Union address, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/Tim Sloan, Pool)
President Bush delivers the State of the Union address, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tim Sloan, Pool)   (Associated Press)
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