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...When President Clinton talked about growing the economy and protecting the environment at the same time, he was talking about using the buying power of the federal government to spur innovation in conservation, and subsidizing such alternatives till they were on a par with coal in terms of price. But I don't see this administration doing that. They laid their cards on the table with their energy plan. They're not about to say, "Sorry, we didn't mean that." Vice President Cheney seems very antagonistic to conservation, saying we can't conserve way out of the crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Educating W: Global Warming Report Creates a Presidential Headache | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...unveiled a national energy strategy aimed at countering what he described as the most serious power crisis in the U.S. since the 1970s. As Americans reeled from fuel-price hikes that took gasoline to more than $2 a gallon, Bush predicted the country would need 1,300 new gas, coal or nuclear power stations over the next 20 years as well as more oil exploration. While the plan offered some conservation incentives, critics pointed to the Adminstration's proposed opening of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling as an assault on the environment and accused the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...reactor it is helping build in South Africa that, theoretically at least, wouldn't ever need to be shut down for refueling and is practically meltdown-proof. Of course, the company would still have to find a place in the U.S. to put it. Many homeowners would sooner burn coal in their own fireplace than live next to a reactor. So rather than try to find converts, the industry hopes to construct new facilities on existing sites, in communities that already depend on plants for jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuclear Summer | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...Cheney Gets Coal Fired": It's time we drilled into the heads of certain politicians and tapped them for dwindling resources such as empathy, wisdom and common sense. JINNY LEE Melrose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 28, 2001 | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...dinner at DICK CHENEY's vice-presidential mansion the night before, an event planned with as much secrecy as the report of his energy task force. Among those on the Veep's guest list are some of the party's most prolific fund raisers, including lobbyists for the coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear and utility industries. Rick Shelby of the American Gas Association, who raised or gave $250,000, is invited, as is former Republican Party chairman Haley Barbour, who lobbies for the huge coal-based utility Southern Co. and the firm of Cassidy & Associates, whose clients include Exxon, Texaco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Dick Cheney's Image Gotten Too Oil Slick? | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

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