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The Last Months of the Bush Administration and Global Warming
President Bush has come late to the conclusion that industrial activity causes climate change, but today he begins his own conference on Global Warming. Is he trying to bolster or circumvent the UN? Does he still have time to make a difference? Also, Los Angeles celebrities charged with murder but not convicted. What does big money have to do with it?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenPresident Bush has come late to the conclusion that industrial activity causes climate change, but today he begins his own conference on Global Warming. Is he trying to bolster the United Nations or circumvent it? Does he still have time in his presidency to make a difference? On Reporter's Notebook, OJ Simpson, Robert Blake—now Phil Specter, Los Angeles celebrities charged with murder but not convicted. What does big money have to do with it?
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