George W. Bush Quotes About Climate Change

• America is addicted to oil...We must also change how we power our automobiles. We will increase our research in better batteries for hybrid and electric cars and in pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen. We will also fund additional research in cutting-edge methods of producing ethanol, not just from corn but from wood chips and stalks or switch grass.

  George W. Bush

  Running, Cutting, America

  Fifth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 31 January 2006

• With a new national commitment, our scientists and engineers will overcome obstacles to taking these [hydrogen fuel cell] cars from laboratory to showroom, so that the first car driven by a child born today could be powered by hydrogen, and pollution-free.

  George W. Bush

  Children, Commitment, Hydrogen Fuel

• My administration is committed to a leadership role on the issue of climate change.

  George W. Bush

  Issues, Climate, Roles

  President Bush Discusses Global Climate Change, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 11, 2001.

• We know the surface temperature of the Earth is warming. It has risen by .6 degrees Celsius over the past 100 years. There was a warming trend from the 1890s to the 1940s, cooling from the 1940s to the 1970s, and then sharply rising temperatures from the 1970s to today.

  George W. Bush

  Past, Years, Degrees

• There is a natural greenhouse effect that contributes to warming. Greenhouse gases trap heat and thus warm the Earth because they prevent a significant portion of infrared radiation from escaping into space.

  George W. Bush

  Escaping, Space, Earth

  "President Bush Announces Global Warming Initiatives". CNN Live Event/Special, www.cnn.com. June 11, 2001.

• Concentration of greenhouse gases, especially CO2, have increased substantially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. And the National Academy of Sciences indicates that the increase is due in large part to human activity.

  George W. Bush

  Revolution, Climate Change, Increase

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.162, M.E. Sharpe

• We do not know how much our climate could or will change in the future. We do not know how fast change will occur or even how some of our actions could impact it.

  George W. Bush

  Impact, Climate, Our Actions

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.162, M.E. Sharpe

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