Re: White House budget slashes clean energy

From: m II (C_at_In.The.Hat)
Date: 03/02/05 

Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 05:45:09 GMT

H. E. Taylor wrote:

> 2005/03/01: EnergyBulletin: White House budget slashes clean energy
>
> In his most recent State of the Union address, President Bush
> stated that the United States needed "reliable supplies of
> affordable, environmentally responsible energy," and urged
> Congress to "pass legislation that makes America more secure and
> less dependent on foreign energy." However, there is a marked
> disconnect between the President's words and the funding
> priorities he laid out in the Fiscal Year 2006 (FY06) budget
> request he recently submitted to the U.S. Congress.
>
> The President's proposed budget calls for significant cuts in
> renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean air, and climate change
> related-programs at the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S.
> Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Transportation,
> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and other agencies.
> [...]
> <http://www.energybulletin.net/4545.html>

James Watt, Secretary of the Interior under the Reagan administration, felt that
there was no need to protect the environment because the end was coming SOON! In
1981, he told a Congressional committee, "I don't know how many future
generations we can count on until the Lord returns.

and this:

http://forums.alternet.org/guest/motet?show+-ujPrzp+-ilad+EnviroHealth+110

  To take one example, James Watt, former Secretary of the interior, noted that
there was no need for environmental concern, because when the last tree is cut,
“Christ will return.”

http://members.aol.com/harvardsqpresses/harvardsquarecommentary

If this keeps up, if you hate clearcutting and want to help the environment,
you'll be branded as an atheistic Jesus hater. Washington will convince people
that logging corporations are the REAL Saints and that the Green types are doing
the work of the devil. I can hardly wait.

mike

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