President Bush Still Clueless About Global Warming

Friends of the Earth argues that President Bush's claims regarding a debate over man-made global warming contradict IPCC findings and that his reliance on oil, coal, and nuclear power as solutions is ineffective and dangerous.

• The document asserts that the claim of a debate over whether global warming is man-made is contradicted by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which found over a decade ago that human pollution is a substantial contributor.
• The author argues that the US must reduce dependence on all oil, not just foreign sources, and rejects 'clean coal' as a viable solution because it still produces significant amounts of carbon dioxide and mercury while causing landscape damage.
• Nuclear power is characterized as an unsafe and cost-ineffective solution that would require over a thousand new plants to impact global warming, while creating radioactive waste and posing security risks as terrorist targets.

APA

Hirsch, D. (2008). President Bush Still Clueless About Global Warming. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/news/2008-10-president-bush-still-clueless-about-global-warming/

Chicago

Hirsch, David. President Bush Still Clueless About Global Warming. Friends of the Earth, 2008. https://foe.org/news/2008-10-president-bush-still-clueless-about-global-warming/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Hirsch |first1=David |title=President Bush Still Clueless About Global Warming |publisher=Friends of the Earth |date=30 October 2008 |url=https://foe.org/news/2008-10-president-bush-still-clueless-about-global-warming/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{hirsch2008president, author = {Hirsch, David}, title = {{President Bush Still Clueless About Global Warming}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2008}, month = oct, url = {https://foe.org/news/2008-10-president-bush-still-clueless-about-global-warming/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }