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=Current U.S. Policy on Global Warming= Victoria and Megan

- In 2001, President Bush announced that he did not support the Kyoto Protocol - Now, he says he will support it with change - He has a plan to reduce greenhouse gas intensity by 18% by 2012 (this will reduce greenhouse gasses by 366 metric tons) - This plan has been funded by $29 billion - Recently made a speech where he made the stance of the U.S. on global warming clear and their future intentions - Belive global warming is caused by use of gasoline in cars, use of appliances (AC, things we don't unplug, etc) and deforestation - Will give tax breaks to people who drive hybrid cars - Believes technology will help us reduce our energy use without affecting our economy - Bush administration has put $18 billion towards research of technology that will help our energy use - Clean coal technology - Coal is available and is plentiful - $2.5 billion has gone towards clean coal research - Nuclear power - Very recently a company applied to build the first nuclear reactor built here since the 70s - Global Nuclear Energy Partnership - Partnership with other countries to help developing countries with nuclear energy - Solar Energy - Wind Energy - Wind energy has increased by 300% - Ethanol in gasoline -Invested billions of dollars for research - Hydrogen powered car - $1.2 billion towards research for the production of a hydrogen powered car You can check out his speech [|here]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/28/AR2007092800079.html?hpid=topnews⊂=new

Google News articles on the President's new policies: http://news.google.com/nwshp?tab=wn&amp;hl=en&amp;ncl=1121409904&amp;topic=h