Guest guest Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Bush pushes " alternative " fuels plan, critics push back President Bush got bizzy promoting his new energy goals yesterday, taking his message to a DuPont biofuels facility in Delaware and signing an executive order requiring federal agencies to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles -- including plug-in hybrids when they become available. But Bush's plan to cut gasoline use 20 percent in 10 years by pushing alternative fuels and improving fuel efficiency isn't flying with everyone. The plan " not only does not go far enough, but may actually, in some cases ... increase greenhouse-gas emissions, " said California state EPA Secretary Linda Adams. With the focus on " alternative " fuels including not only renewables but also sources like liquefied coal and tar sands, said a Rice University energy expert, " We are going dirtier. " National Environmental Trust President Philip Clapp summed up the collective national sigh thusly: " There is no revolution in global-warming policy in anything the president is proposing, no matter how the White House tries to spin it. " straight to the source: The New York Times, Clifford Krauss, 25 Jan 2007 straight to the source: Detroit Free Press, Justin Hyde, 25 Jan 2007 straight to the source: Contra Costa Times, Associated Press, Samantha Young, 24 Jan 2007 straight to the source: CNN.com, 24 Jan 2007 " Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. " -- Dwight Eisenhower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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