A RATIONAL observer might conclude that President George Bush will not be best remembered for his efforts to protect the environment. Rather, it will be as the man who favoured drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as a leader who refused to support the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and as a former oil baron who saw no need to raise the minimum gas mileage for automobiles in the US. It would take a major about-face for President Bush to get off the “Most Wanted” list of many environmental organisations.
But rationality can be a…
