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Formerly known as four-pollutant legislation, the policy changed its name after Bush changed his mind on the need to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. Chapter Four addresses energy efficiency, and suggests that the EPA expand its successful Energy Star conservation program to include homes and public buildings such as schools...
The White House has crafted its roll-out of the energy plan as carefully as they have crafted their language. Three campaign-style events this week have been designed to send subliminal messages about balance and conservation. So in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he announced his plan Thursday, Bush toured...
The nuanced approach angered some Republicans in the administration and some outside advisers. Emphasizing Bush's greener conservation measures, they say, means playing on the turf of environmentalists. If the message is that America must face up to its energy shortage, then the White House shouldn't shrink from that...
The report is alarmist - "America in the year 2001 faces the most serious energy shortage since the oil embargoes of the 1970s," it reads - and the recipe is ambitious, coalescing around three main ingredients. Supply (more power plants and refineries, less regulations), demand (tax breaks for conservation and energy efficiency...
Thirty-five of the report's 105 principles are in the service of its main focus: increasing supplies and improving energy infrastructure. Forty-two, the White House said, are aimed at "increasing conservation, environmental protection and use of alternative fuels."