Bush’s Environmental Gamble…

The World

Living on Earth’s Jon Greenberg reports from Washington on the political context of President Bush’s lukewarm approach to the recent Earth Summit. Some observers believe the President gained more with potential swing voters by trying to appear concerned about American jobs than he lost by possibly appearing anti-environmental.

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