Today, the G8 leaders agreed that the world needs to attempt to cut the emissions of elements causing global warming. While it is no surprise that the European leaders agreed to this, the fact that President Bush was in attendance AND agreed to the plan. The basic plan is to reduce global emissions by 50% by the year 2050. This has yet to be finalized but it is promising news.

So, if they plan to have emissions in 2050 down to half of what they are in 2007, that means that they not only have to curb emissions increases, but also make massive reductions from what we currently have. I applaud thier enthusiasm, but I don't know if I can believe that we (the US) will actually carry through. I hope we do, but it has yet to be shown that we care about this issue.