WASHINGTON, DC — Making an abrupt change from its original environmental stance, the Bush administration has issued a new report, “U.S. Climate Action Report 2002,” stating that global warming will have a significant impact on the environment in this country in the coming years.
Although the report notes that the president wanted to “take a deeper look at climate change policy” and that, as a result of changes in U.S. climate, the nation may see such things as “extreme weather events,” the administration does not indicate any basic change in policy, such as acceptance of the Kyoto Protocol, which the president earlier rejected.