Word: carbonization
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...letter sent to four powerful Republican Senators, U.S. President George W. Bush declared that he no longer favored putting limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The announcement reversed a position Bush had taken during his campaign, but the President later explained that he was "responding to reality. We need more energy. We need more power plants...
When George W. Bush first shattered the illusions - perhaps delusions is the better word - of environmentalists everywhere last week by reversing his stance on carbon dioxide emissions, he had a handy excuse: The economy - specifically the energy crisis - made...
...Including caps on carbon dioxide emissions as part of a multiple emissions strategy would lead to an even more dramatic shift from coal to natural gas for electric power generation and significantly higher electricity prices," Bush wrote in his March 13 letter to Chuck Hagel informing Congress of his change in policy. A few days later, Christie Whitman (whose own wishful thinking had probably gotten Bush into the mess in the first place) finally climbed on board, telling the National Press Club the country was "in the midst of a national energy crisis - this is a long way from being...
...previous position, outlined in a campaign statement, argued that carbon dioxide ought to be regulated like nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and mercury--other major pollutants. While far from a progressive stance, Bush at least appeared to break with the long-outdated Republican dogma that global warming is not a danger. It was refreshing to see a major GOP candidate embrace the conclusion reached by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which recently declared that human-generated carbon dioxide has unequivocally contributed to global warming...
Bush justified the reversal by citing the Western energy crisis. But regardless of whether regulating carbon dioxide emissions would raise prices for consumers, it would not have a direct effect on California's situation. California's energy is mostly generated from hydropower, nuclear plants and natural gas; coal and oil play a relatively minor role in the state's overall power picture...