thanks george! global warming continues unabated!

From CNN :

Study: Arctic warming at twice the global rate
Species, including polar bears, may go extinct as ice melts President George W. Bush pulled the United States, the world's top polluter, out of the 126-nation Kyoto protocol in 2001, arguing its curbs on greenhouse gas emissions were too costly and unfairly excluded developing nations.
"Kyoto is only a first step," said Norwegian Environment Minister Knut Hareide, a strong backer of Kyoto. "The clear message from this report is that Kyoto is not enough. We must reduce emissions much more in coming decades."

Apparently, according to the bush, it will just cost too much to save the planet - after all, we have to spend that money murdering innocents in Iraq!