Masayako, I have no children but I agree with you priorities.
The bushies will tell you that there’s nothing that America can do about global warming because whatever emmission reduction we achieve, China and India will undo with their development.
There are enormous business opportunities with going green. I agree with the US Climate Action Parnership (the 10 corporate CEOs). America has a chance to dominate green technologies. But we run a risk of handing that leadership to foreign companies if we don’t take action today.
About the speech, Bush looked like a lame duck to me.