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Slower, Costlier and Dirtier
A Critique of the Bush Energy Plan

Tale of the Tape
Comparing President Bush's Energy Plan and NRDC's Plan

Bush administration officials have been claiming in recent days that their energy plan has a lot in common with those prepared by environmentalists. Sounds like fuzzy math to us. Here's how the Bush plan stacks up against the plan as NRDC outlined in our February report, "A Responsible Energy Policy for the 21st Century."

Policy	Bush plan	NRDC plan
Subsidize coal industry	supports	opposes
Drill in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge	supports	opposes
Drill in other sensitive areas	study/supports	opposes
Reduce royalties for offshore drilling	study/supports	opposes
Interfere with Clean Air Act enforcement	study/supports	opposes
Improve energy efficiency of buildings	missing	supports
Improve appliance efficiency standards	oppose/study	supports
Improve vehicle fuel efficiency	study	supports
Subsidize nuclear power industry	supports	opposes
Reprocess nuclear fuel	study/supports	opposes
Cap CO2 emissions	opposes	supports
Funding for energy efficiency R&D	cuts	increases
Funding for renewable energy R&D	cuts	increases
Ties renewables funding to Arctic drilling	supports	opposes
Public benefits fund for efficiency	missing	supports
Renewable energy portfolio standard	missing	supports
Standards for distributed generation	missing	supports