Word: environmentalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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It sometimes works for the fashion industry - bring back an old fashion, make it new and a fad is born. This time, though, it's the automotive industry, hoping for the kind of lifestyle change that can bring car sales back from the dead. All three major U.S. auto companies...
When Americans do look at a new car, their vision is likely to be short-sighted. Gasoline is back under $1.70 and if oil moves down further prices will fall more. If a hybrid runs $5,000 more than a traditional gas car, who is going to pay that difference...
A comforting thought, except for one thing: it's not true. A study published in the Jan. 9 issue of Science shows that far from compensating for the damages associated with climate change (heavier and more frequent storms, increasing desertification, sea-level rise), hotter temperatures will seriously diminish the world...
See TIME's special report on the environment.
But Bush quickly moved on to things he wasn't sure he would count as mistakes; instead, he labeled them "disappointments." Among things Bush found disappointing: the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the failed response to Hurricane Katrina and the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction...