Remember during the 2000 campaign when George Bush explicitly stated he'd promote reduction in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels? It was only two months into his presidency when he
reversed himself:
Retreating from a campaign pledge, President Bush told Congress Tuesday that his administration would not impose mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide on the nation's power plants.
In a letter to Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., the president made no mention of a campaign promise to require reductions in emissions of "four main pollutants: sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury and carbon dioxide."
Well, guess what? Yet another of Bush's flip-flops is coming back to haunt us.
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