more on the bush budget/energy

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Bush's 2007 budget slashes funding for energy conservation

 

When President Bush said " America is addicted to oil, " we thought he meant that

was a bad thing. Apparently not: Bush's proposed 2007 budget increases funding

for oil and gas drilling on public lands and slashes $100 million from some of

the Energy Department's most effective conservation programs. That includes a 30

percent cut to a program that helps poorer Americans weatherize their homes and

install efficient heating and air-conditioning systems, and a 9 percent cut to

the Energy Star program, which promotes energy-efficient products. Some

initiatives authorized by last year's energy bill -- like a $90 million

public-outreach campaign to increase energy conservation -- go largely unfunded.

But what about all that promised new research into alternative fuels? Oops:

Bush's proposed $381 million extra for renewable-energy development falls short

of the spending approved in last year's energy bill -- and a fair bit of it is

going to nukes. We believe the relevant term here is " enabler. "

 

 

straight to the source: The Boston Globe, Rick Klein, 08 Feb 2006

 

" I challenge anyone to live on my salary " [$158,000 a year].

Tom Delay