MEDIA KIT: The White House and Voluntary Climate Change

From debating the validity of global warming to asking business to voluntarily clean the environment, the Bush White House continues to promote climate change policy which is "timid, late, and unimaginative.”

News releases

• 2003 February 12. "WRI cites flaws in new White House Climate Initiative". WRI today voiced concerns over President Bush’s voluntary program of emissions reductions for corporate America. WRI finds the initiative to be lacking in any real environmental benefits.

• 2002 February 14. "WRI says Bush plans will increase greenhouse emissions by 14 percent". What the President called an aggressive new strategy for the next ten years is really warmed-over business as usual.

Publications and papers

Authors: World Resources Institute. 2003. Analysis of Bush Administration greenhouse gas target. A 2003 analysis of the potential impact of U.S. climate change policy if it were to link greenhouse gas emission growth to a percentage of economic growth.

WRI projects

• GHG Protocol Initiative. The GHG Protocol – a joint initiative between WRI and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development - is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions.