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Mar 5, 2008 · President Bush supports an increase in the use of nuclear power as a clean, efficient energy source to meet America's growing needs for electricity.
Mar 30, 2021 · Bush said the plan seeks to "expand and diversify our nation's energy supplies," by encouraging more oil exploration and greater use of coal and nuclear energy, but also offering...
Dec 31, 2023 · He shaped the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that enabled the shale boom. He tightened fuel economy standards for cars, lessening demand for gasoline. He followed those actions with lightbulb efficiency standards and stricter mercury emissions rules for coal smokestacks.
New anti-pollution technologies now allow us to increase our energy production while protecting our environment. The President’s strategy will cut harmful emissions from electric power plants and increase funding for clean coal research.
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Like his father, George W. Bush had ties to the oil industry. Even Bush’s vice president, Dick Cheney, was an ex-oilman, having served as the CEO of oilfield services company Halliburton. Within two weeks of taking office, Bush named Cheney as the chairman of the National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG). The group’s purpose was to “develop ...
In his 2006 State of the Union address, President Bush famously stated “Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.” Many viewed his comments as disingenuous, but there is no question that Bush took actions that were ultimately successful in reducing U.S. dependence on foreig...
The irony is that President Obama presided over most of this production surge. But it was put in place by the Bush Administration, and the impacts are still felt today all over the world. Bush’s policies resulted in a huge increase in U.S. ethanol production, record U.S. oil and natural gas production, a dramatic drop in U.S. oil imports, and they ...
Feb 6, 2003 · In his State of the Union address, President Bush announced a $1.2 billion hydrogen fuel initiative to reverse America's growing dependence on foreign oil by developing the technology for commercially viable hydrogen-powered fuel cells to power cars, trucks, homes and businesses with no pollution or greenhouse gases.
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Aug 29, 2016 · Texas is crushing its clean power goals. Ever since 1999, when then-governor George W. Bush signed a law deregulating the state’s power market, Texas has been building wind turbines like crazy.
