Climate change policy of the George W. Bush administration directed US efforts to urge governors and dozens of members of the House of Representatives to block California's first-in-the-nation limits on greenhouse gases from cars and trucks, according to e-mails obtained by Congress. Climate change policy of the George W. Bush administration This article is about the climate change policy of the United States under the George W. Bush administration. In March 2001, the Bush Administration announced that it would not implement the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty signed in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan that would require nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, claiming that ratifying the treaty would
Climate change in New York City invested to improve building energy efficiency, and an additional $1 billion allocated to preserving NYC's drinking water. New York in 2009 launched a task force to advise on preparing city infrastructure for flooding, water shortages, and higher temperatures. The New York City water supply system has been built to provide for its water needs. The NYC Mayor's Office Climate Policy and Programs team is investing $20 billion to adapt the city's neighborhoods to climate change threats like flooding, heat, and sea level rise. Reducing one’s carbon emissions is easier said than done. "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore suggests several