根據布希政府2006年計劃提交給聯合國的報告草案，在2020年之前，全美將釋放比2000年多20%的溫室氣體。這份報告顯現出布希政府和其他國家阻止氣候變遷的努力成果，落差有多麼的大。提出此草案的白宮環境品質委員會(CEQ)指出，政府減少溫室氣體排放有許多能夠做的事，而不僅只是減緩溫室氣體增加，這個事實在「經過科學證實後，」將更為明確。
目前美國為溫室氣體排放量最多的國家，佔了全世界排放量的1/4。布希在2001年開始執政的時候，第一步就是取消柯林頓所簽訂的「京都議訂書」，且這項行為未經美國參議會的批准。布希表示，遵守「京都議訂書」規範將會傷害美國經濟。他提出自發性的減少溫室氣體排放，和進步的科技像是淨煤、核能及改善能源使用效率等，都能達到減緩全球暖化的目標。
美國的科學家、經濟學家及環保團體表示，如果要阻止不可能避免的全球暖化現象，所需要達成的目標一定比京都議訂書所設定的更嚴格。 環境品質委員會表示，此報告書的最後版本將展現出「布希總統對抗氣候變遷的行動計畫和經濟承諾將同時可行。」
The United States will emit about 20 percent more greenhouse gases by 2020 than it did in 2000, according to a draft report that the Bush administration was scheduled to submit to the United Nations a year ago. The report highlights how out of touch the administration is with the efforts of other countries to curb climate change. The White House Council on Environmental Quality, CEQ, which is responsible for the draft report, says that how much the administration can do to cut emissions beyond merely slowing the rate of increase will become clear "as the science justifies."
The United States currently is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases - responsible for about one-quarter of the world's emisssions. When President George W. Bush took office in 2001, one of his first acts was to repudiate the Kyoto Protocol signed by President Bill Clinton, and it has never been sent to the U.S. Senate for ratification. President Bush has said that abiding by the Kyoto Protocol would hurt the U.S. economy. He has argued that voluntary emissions reductions and better technology such as clean coal, nuclear power, and energy efficiency would do the job of limiting global warming.
U.S. scientists, businesses and environmental groups say that if irreversible global warming is to be avoided, binding targets even more stringent than those of the Kyoto Protocol should be set.
The CEQ says its final version of the report will "show that the president's portfolio of actions and his financial commitment to addressing climate change are working."
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