President Bush will lay out his “principles” on climate change at a press conference today. Many are saying that he is finally trying to make an attempt to stay relevant when the movement in congress heading toward legislation regulating carbon emissions. But neither the president nor congress are making the steps that James Hansen says are necessary to avert catastrophic climate change. With James Hansen setting the goal at 350 ppm, the movement in the federal government is more of a budge than a step.

Coal is the number one target. Coal generates approximately 40% of the world’s electricity