Bush the Environmentalist

A recent survey by the L.A. Times and Bloomberg indicates the Bush administration my be out of step with the American public on issues such as global warming. As ludicrous as it sounds there are those who tout the Bush record on the environment citing his breakthrough standards to control emissions on non-road diesel engines...heady, important stuff. The current oil crunch will only accelerate the administration's efforts to drill in protected wildlife preserves and access near-shore oil reserves to feed our gulping need for oil while ignoring meaningful regulations, fuel taxes and incentives to industry to look for alternative energy sources. Bush's token support for the development of true alternative energy technology is nothing but a sham to obscure the issue while he works to protect his brethren in big oil.
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