>>>So, by promoting technology with gov't resources, Bush has actually improved gov't policy.<<<
Bush propaganda at its best and you swallowed it whole. What good is promoting technology if you discourage the use of it?
"The Bush plan delays deadlines for meeting these public health standards, allowing violations of soot and smog health standards to continue until 2015 or later. The Bush plan allows more than twice as much S02 for nearly a decade longer (2010 - 2018), than the Clean Air Act currently allows. The plan also allows more than one and a half times as much NOx for nearly a decade longer (2010-2018."
"While the president's air pollution bill (S.131) has been promoted as a power plant bill, the new analyses, conducted by the Clean Air Task Force and Environmental Defense, document how the bill eliminates and weakens a variety of Clean Air Act requirements for most industries."