Budget Cuts Threaten Environment

My friends at the National Environmental Trust sent me an interesting email in response to my previous post concerning Bush's pretend oil addiction.

Here's the email:

Hey man, nice piece on the Bush budget and renewable energy. If you'’re looking for more, we'’ve pulled together a bunch of resources on both energy and on Bush'’s proposal to sell public lands to make up for budget shortfalls. You might find something else you can use there: http://www.net.org/policy/budget/

Keep up the good work.

So quite naturally, I checked it out. They have managed to put together a pretty nice collection of articles and links that describe, to the letter, just how stupid Bush thinks we are. He just simply tells us how green he is while he makes it easier for oil and pollution. Personally, I think he drinks the stuff.

From NET.org:

It is now clear that President Bush's budget has completely undercut his State of the Union address promise to address our "addiction to oil" by 2025. The President pledged to increase funding for alternative energy by 22 percent, but his budget cuts the very programs that would help us reach this goal. Overall cuts in energy efficiency and conservation are mirrored by a 13 percent reduction in environmental funding, and by proposals to raise money by selling public lands. See below for more about specific budget cuts.

I won't post the links here, but be sure to visit the site and check them out.

The entire article can be found here:
Budget Cuts Threaten Environment

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