Politicians generally have very little in the way of vision and understanding. So it is a warming (apologies for the pun) experience to see not one but three governments - those of France, Germany and Britain - attempting to make a continuous review of biodiversity a standing program for advising the present governments. Assuming that no government ever gets as corrupt as the Bush Administration when it comes to environmental sciences (that is, outright denial and suppression of anything that conflicts with their own personal financial interests), this should improve the decision making process in Europe on these matters, and stand out as an example and a resource for politicians with a modicum of responsibility elsewhere.
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Well...et tu? During the last U.S. election cycle I pretty much abandoned most of the more entertaining (and oft informative) SciBlog authors since the leftist lockstep positions on NOT-SCIENCE topics were nothing I couldn't get word-for-word from my national media (That should be 'nuf-said'!). I have still been able to actually learn things, however, from those too few who were not U.S. born-and-raised. Now, a non-yank joins the home-grown "I have never seen a quote by Dan Rather that didn't strike me as absolute reviled truth" crowd with your "corrupt" and "personal financial interests" paranoid positions. Again, even if you are right, squatting and offering your "in-depth-analysis" is not what I hope to find in SciBlogs. Controversy does not really disturb me - I work at a University - unsupported drivel leads me, however, to try to find those too too few who seem to stay on topic and actually offer me something that they have been trained in.
Meh. You believe what you like, but if you can't look at this administration and see a science-denying corrupt administration, irrespective of one's political affiliations (and I am more conservative than leftist in many ways), then you don't know the meaning of the word "corrupt".
Who is Dan Rather?
AnotherRoy:
Maybe you should follow the Waxman hearing to get a feel for how "corrupt ... the Bush Administration [has been] when it comes to environmental sciences". Meanwhile while we in the USA do nothing, the EU is taking reduction in greenhouse gasses seriously and, as John reports here, looking at biodiversity.