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Industry hadn't taken that pledge seriously. But last month similar language made it into the President's budget proposal--and more was rumored to be in his big speech to Congress, at least until lobbyists made sure it wouldn't happen. EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman touted the carbon...
Travelers may be grateful Bush halted a strike at Northwest, but his pledge to stop any airline strike this year has labor griping that he has undercut its bargaining power. (Presidents rarely intervene in airline strikes.) At least three other carriers face possible walkouts this year.
During his campaign, President George W. Bush implied that, unlike his opponent, he could be trusted to keep his word. Now, two months into his term, he has already broken a major campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
"I interpret this as Napster getting religion right before the courts flip the switch on the electric chair." ROBERT SCHWARTZ, American lawyer, on the song-swapping company's pledge to block access to copyrighted music after an adverse legal ruling
President Bush may be reneging on his campaign promises on air pollution, but in doing so he may also be presenting the American people with a more honest depiction of its environmental dilemma. Following intensive lobbying by the energy industry and a policy review by Vice President Cheney, the White...