Word: coale
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...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...
...Bush still got his three days of bashing in the press from editorial writers and environmental groups for marching directly into the arms of Big Coal, but the heat obviously wasn't enough to drive the White House back toward the middle of the environmental road. Because this week it seemed determined to stretch that economic cover just as far as it will go - and it ain't just drilling in Alaska...
...worst "adverse consequences" are the economic kind, in which Big Business suffers at the hands of tree-huggers. For Republicans, the energy crisis - a term that Democrats have given up objecting to - demands more supply, more fuel for the U.S. economic engine. More drilling, more production, more oil, more coal. The only thing it demands less of is "onerous regulation" and environmental extremism...
...insulting to the American people that President Bush is using the electricity crisis in California as an excuse to allow old, inefficient power plants to continue polluting our air," Miller said in a statement. "It is a strong indication that the Bush administration is kowtowing to the oil and coal industry and is not listening to science or public opinion...
...caving in to Big Coal so early in his administration on such an important issue, Bush has also given a signal that he can be pushed around by special interests. His efforts thus far to prevent businesses from inserting loopholes into his proposed tax cut have been undermined; if coal and oil lobbyists are so persuasive, others are certainly not far behind...