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Setting the Record Straight: President Bush's Strong Record of Addressing
Climate Change
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For Immediate Release
July 11, 2006

Setting the Record Straight: President Bush's Strong Record of Addressing
Climate Change

˙˙˙˙˙ Setting the Record Straight

The Washington Post: "The Administration Has Not Taken The Steps Necessary
To Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Barring Some Miraculous Technological
Breakthrough."˙"Aside from modestly raising fuel economy standards, it has
not created a regulatory climate favorable to carbon reductions either in
vehicles or in power plants."˙(Editorial, "A Sorry Record,"The Washington
Post, 7/11/06)

The Administration Is On Track To Meet President Bush's 2002 Commitment To
Cut Our Nation's Greenhouse Gas Intensity By 18 Percent By 2012. ˙U.S.
greenhouse gas intensity  the amount emitted per unit of economic activity
 declined by 2.0 percent in 2003 and by 2.5 percent in 2004.

From 2001 To The End Of 2006, The Federal Government Will Have Devoted Over
$29 Billion To Climate Programs, More Than Any Other Nation.˙The
President_s 2007 Budget proposes $6.5 billion for climate change
activities.

Not Waiting For A "Miraculous" Breakthrough, The Administration Has
Implemented More Than 60 Voluntary, Incentive-Based, And Mandatory Programs
To Deploy Cleaner, More Efficient Energy Technologies At Home And Around
The World.

In His State Of The Union Address, President Bush Announced The Advanced
Energy Initiative (AEI), Which Proposes A 22 Percent Increase In Funding
For Clean Energy Technology Research At The Department Of Energy.
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    The AEI Supports New Biofuels Such As Cellulosic Ethanol And
    Bio-Diesel.˙These fuels could help reduce our dependence on foreign
    sources of oil and lead to substantial reductions in future air
    pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
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    The AEI Increases Investments In Zero-Emission Coal-Fired Plants,
    Revolutionary Solar And Wind Technologies, And Clean, Safe Nuclear
    Energy.˙It will also improve batteries for hybrid and plug-in hybrid
    vehicles and accelerate the development of zero-emission cars that run
    on hydrogen.

President Bush Is Helping Expand America's Use Of Zero-Emission Nuclear
Power.˙ Without nuclear energy, carbon dioxide emissions would have been 28
percent greater in the electricity industry in 2004, and America would have
an additional 700 million tons a year of carbon dioxide.
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    The Energy Bill Signed By The President In August 2005 Provides Loan
    Incentives, Production Tax Credits, And Federal Risk Insurance For
    Builders Of New Nuclear Plants.˙
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    The Bush Administration Has Launched The Nuclear Power 2010 Initiative
     A $1.1 Billion Partnership Between The U.S. Government And Industry
    To Facilitate New Plant Orders.˙

Under The President's Coal Research Initiative, The President Is Fulfilling
His 2000 Pledge To Commit $2 Billion Over 10 Years To Advance Clean Coal
Technology.˙

The U.S. Is Leading The Global Effort To Promote Clean Development, Enhance
Energy Security, And Reduce Harmful Air Pollution
Worldwide.˙Multilaterally, the U.S. provides the most funding of any
country for activities under the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC).
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    In June 2005, The President Announced The Asia-Pacific Partnership On
    Clean Development And Climate, A U.S.-Led Partnership With China,
    India, South Korea, Australia, And Japan.˙The President_s 2007 Budget
    request includes $52 million for this partnership.
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    In July 2004, The U.S. And Major International Partners Formed The
    Methane To Markets Partnership.˙The U.S. will commit up to $53 million
    to this Partnership through 2009 towork with the private sector to
    share and expand the use of profitable technologies to capture methane
    emissions that are now wasted in the course of industrial processes and
    use them as a new energy source.
The Washington Post:˙ The Administration "Has Resisted Mandatory Limits On
Carbon Emissions" And "Ambitious Fuel Economy Standards."

Since 2003, The Bush Administration Has Finalized Two Sets Of Regulations
Requiring A Combined 15 Percent Increase In The Fuel Economy Of Large SUVs
And Light Trucks.˙These increases were the first in over a decade and for
the first time ever require large Sport Utility Vehicles to meet the
standards.˙ President Bush has asked Congress for the authority to take
similar action for passenger cars.

In 2005, The President Signed The Energy Bill, Which Includes 16 New
Appliance Efficiency Mandates And A 7 Billion Gallon Renewable Fuel
Requirement.˙The Administration has also supported mandatory measures more
appropriately taken at the State level, such as renewable portfolio
standards and building codes.

The Washington Post:˙ The Administration "Has Resisted Taxing Carbon Use,
Preferring Instead To Provide Incentives For Oil And Gas Extraction."˙

The Administration Has Opposed Tax Incentives For Oil And Gas Extraction.
˙In his 2007 Budget and again in April 2006, President Bush called for the
elimination of about $2 billion in tax incentives for oil and gas that were
included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

The Washington Post:˙"Investment [In New Technologies] Is More Likely To
Pay Off If Government Creates Incentives And Then Lets The Market Choose
The Most Promising Technologies."

The Energy Bill Signed By The President In 2005 Provides New
Performance-Based Tax Credits Of Up To $3,400 For The Most Highly Fuel
Efficient Vehicles.˙Tax credits are extended to vehiclessuch as hybrids and
clean diesel without preference for a particular technology.

The Energy Bill, In Combination With Existing Law, Provides $5 Billion Over
Five Years In Tax Incentives To Encourage Investments In Energy Efficiency
And Alternative Renewable Energy Sources.˙

The Farm Bill Signed By The President In May 2002 Provides Nearly $40
Billion In Funding Over Ten Years For Conservation On Working Lands. The
Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide targeted incentives to
encourage wider use of land management practices that remove carbon from
the atmosphere or reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. ˙

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