Ehrlich now predicts that if the Kyoto agreement is not ratified by the U.S. Senate before the 2004 elections, earth's oceans will have completely evaporated as a result of human induced global warming by November 2102.
President Bush, in a bi-partisan move to once again reinforce the "new tone" in Washington, tonight announced a commission, headed by former Vice President and presidential rival algore, to come up with recommendations to alleviate and minimize the crisis.
Also tonight, following blistering criticism from extremist GOP lawmakers, algore denied that Ted Kaczinski had been invited to serve on the commission.