Bush yesterday threw international efforts to control climate change into confusion with a proposal to dump the UN, again, and create a "new global framework" to curb greenhouse gas emissions that will contain as much gross incompetence, rule-breaking and fraud by companies as possible.

"It's not even too little too late, but a dangerous diversionary tactic.

He doesn't need to start a new process.

There already is one.

This is meant to destroy the UN process."