Mairwen
May 19th, 2001, 12:16 PM
From yesterday's Lexington Herald-Leader:
Power Plants
Nuclear ~ Stremline licensing, relicensing procedures; renew law to protect reactor owners from unlimited liability for major accidents; offer tax credits to spur more electricity production.
Coal ~ Increase research funding for "clean coal" technology to limit pollution and carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired plants.
Bush says ~ "New reactor designs are even safer and more economical than the reactors we possess today."
Distribution
Gas Pipelines ~ Build 38,000 miles of new pipelines, relax environmental regulations fore new pipeline permits.
Electric Lines ~ Give Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the power to force citizens to sell land to the government to speed construction of power lines.
Bush says ~ "If we fail to act, Americans will face more and more widespread blackouts."
Conservation
Efficient Cars and Homes ~ Offer tax breaks to people buying energy-efficient vehicles such as gasoline-electric hybrid cars; increase grants for insulation of low-income homes.
Bush says ~ "We've yelled at each other enough. Now it's time to listen to each other and act."
Drilling
Exploration ~ Allow drilling in: 2000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, parts of the Rocky Mountains and Gulf of Mexico, other public lands.
Bush says ~ "We must work to build a new harmony between our energy needs and our environmental concerns."
Refineries
Lesson Restrictions ~ Ease environmental laws for obtaining new construction permits; review clean air rules governing refinery improvements to see if they unduly limit capacity increases.
Bush says ~ "As long as cars and trucks run on gasoline, we will need oil."
Opposition
Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle ~ "Incredibly, we're told we may be heading into a summer of $3-a-gallon gasoline and rolling black-outs, yet the Bush-Cheney plan offers virtually no immediate relief."
Power Plants
Nuclear ~ Stremline licensing, relicensing procedures; renew law to protect reactor owners from unlimited liability for major accidents; offer tax credits to spur more electricity production.
Coal ~ Increase research funding for "clean coal" technology to limit pollution and carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired plants.
Bush says ~ "New reactor designs are even safer and more economical than the reactors we possess today."
Distribution
Gas Pipelines ~ Build 38,000 miles of new pipelines, relax environmental regulations fore new pipeline permits.
Electric Lines ~ Give Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the power to force citizens to sell land to the government to speed construction of power lines.
Bush says ~ "If we fail to act, Americans will face more and more widespread blackouts."
Conservation
Efficient Cars and Homes ~ Offer tax breaks to people buying energy-efficient vehicles such as gasoline-electric hybrid cars; increase grants for insulation of low-income homes.
Bush says ~ "We've yelled at each other enough. Now it's time to listen to each other and act."
Drilling
Exploration ~ Allow drilling in: 2000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, parts of the Rocky Mountains and Gulf of Mexico, other public lands.
Bush says ~ "We must work to build a new harmony between our energy needs and our environmental concerns."
Refineries
Lesson Restrictions ~ Ease environmental laws for obtaining new construction permits; review clean air rules governing refinery improvements to see if they unduly limit capacity increases.
Bush says ~ "As long as cars and trucks run on gasoline, we will need oil."
Opposition
Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle ~ "Incredibly, we're told we may be heading into a summer of $3-a-gallon gasoline and rolling black-outs, yet the Bush-Cheney plan offers virtually no immediate relief."