Environmental Toxins: Bush Wants Reduction in Greenhouse Gases

President Bush plans to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to work to create steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2008. However, Bush did not call for a specific increase in fuel efficiency standards. Bush said that he is responding a Supreme Court Ruling last month that gives the EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.

Bush wants EPA action on greenhouse gases

Twelve states and several environmental organizations filed lawsuits against the EPA for not regulating carbon dioxide emissions; the EPA had maintained that it was not responsible to do so. Bush said that the EPA should focus on his State of the Union proposal to replace 20 percent of the nation's gasoline use with alternative fuels within the next ten years. "When it comes to the environment and energy, the American people expect common sense, and they expect action," Bush says.