Energy chief: Global warming is real
By Paul Bedard
Posted 10/6/05
The Bush administration has determined that carbon-dioxide-fueled global warming exists and is now working to determine the damage and what can be done to fix it.
There is an "increasing level of certainty that the impact is real," said Samuel Bodman, energy secretary. "It's measurable; it's real."
President Bush meets with Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton
Khue Bui–Newsweek/Pool
Speaking to reporters, Bodman said that the administration has been funding programs to reduce emissions and study the issue, even though it has a reputation for ignoring global warming.
"It's a matter that we take seriously," he said, adding that he talks about it regularly at his dinner table because his wife is an environmental lawyer.
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