Bush's Environmental Legacy Draws Mixed Reviews (Fox News)

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Source: Fox News

President Bush felt the warm embrace of environmentalists Tuesday as he announced the largest marine conservation effort in history -- the designation of three remote Pacific island chains as national monuments.

Some went so far as to compare Bush to Teddy Roosevelt, who created the national park system a century ago.

"This administration has done more for the environment and addressing climate change than any other in history," Kristen Hellmer, a spokeswoman for the Executive Office of the President Council on Environmental Quality, said in a written statement.

"Since taking office, President Bush has committed more than $42 billion to climate change research, technology, incentives and programs. His policy is science-based, and is focused on a portfolio of actions that foster economic growth, achieve emissions reductions through technology investments, and include developed and developing economies."


Yes the CEQ is appointed by Bush :eyes:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/06/bushs-environmental-legacy-draws-mixed-reviews/

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"I think he's consistently put the interests of his cronies in the oil business far ahead of a real commitment to clean and renewable energy resources," Michael Oko, a spokesman for the group (National Resources Defense Council ), told FOXNews.com

"But you have to look at the entire record," she (Laura Capps, senior vice president for Ocean Conservancy) added. "Looking at the last eight years, you really have to balance comparisons with little or no action on global warming and lifting a 27-year ban on new offshore drilling."