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Discusses the stance of United States President George W. Bush regarding the environment. Role of advisor Karl Rove in administering changes in Bush's environmental policy; Criticism Bush has received on being anti-environment; Public opinion on the issue.

Discusses U.S. President George W. Bush's environmental program. Bush's view of nature as a resource to be exploited; How Bush, rather than safeguarding the mountains and forests, is dismantling his nation's environmental heritage; History of environmentalism in the U.S.; Political significance of the wilderness; Establishment of national parks; Bush's exploitation of the environment; Ways that the government is undermining environmental controls; How millions of acres of wilderness are being opened up to logging, mining, oil and gas drilling.

The article presents Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva's views on environmental issues and the United States government. It is the author's view that many of the environmental improvements of the past four decades have been reversed by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. The author suggests that Bush's environmental reforms have placed corporate interests over public health.

Focuses on U.S. President George W. Bush's plan for global warming. Rise in greenhouse gas emission in the U.S.; Argument that tax incentives for energy-efficient equipment will not reduce emissions; Details on the concept of carbon emissions per dollar of gross domestic product; Rejection of the Kyoto protocol by Bush; Proposal made by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman.

The article focuses on the development of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President George W. Bush administration. It notes that EPA softened regulations that were deemed industry-friendly. The administration shuttered its technical and scientific libraries and lessened the information companies submit on their toxic substance release. EPA became less independent than its predecessors and closely tied to White House ideology.

NEVER before has a president used his state-of-the-union speech to give his compatriots a lesson in chemistry. Consider the hydrogen technology that U.S. President George W. Bush is trumpeting--the FreedomFUEL initiative, as he calls it--is the first serious challenge to the iron nexus of petrol and the internal combustion engine to emerge in a century. If hydrogen and fuel cells were really to take off, and if the hydrogen fuel could be produced from renewable resources such as wind or solar power, they might even put the petroleum industry out of business one day. The Sierra Club immediately denounced the fuel-cells scheme as a feint to divert attention from shorter-term measures such as tightening up the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) law, which requires car companies to produce more fuel-efficient motors. Others note that Mr Bush's speech also repeated his support for un-green measures such as his Clear Skies Initiative, a bill to regulate emissions from power plants that excludes carbon dioxide, and his energy bill, which strongly boosts coal and nuclear power and proposes opening up protected areas of Alaska to oil-drilling. But by giving his public and unqualified support for this promising but relatively obscure technology, observes Jeremy Rifkin, a Washington-based activist who has recently written a book on hydrogen, Mr Bush 'may unwittingly have given hydrogen a significant push ahead. This could be the beginning of a great national debate.'

The article presents information on the shortcomings of the environmental policy proposed by United States President George W. Bush. Bush's biggest mistake has been poor communication between the administration and the public. It is expected that the Bush administration would do little to improve public health or the environment, and their potential costs to the public are substantial. Bush has failed to make enough efforts to outline a distinctively conservative approach to environmental protection. The Bush administration should encourage state or local governments, or non-governmental organizations to suggest measures to solve environmental problems in the country.

Focuses on environmental policy in the United States. Choice of Gale Norton to be secretary of the interior by United States President George W. Bush; How public land is concentrated in the west and, historically, natural resources have been the source of local prosperity; Thought that Republicans are divided amongst themselves on environmental policy.

Discusses the environmental policies of Texas Governor and United States presidential candidate George W. Bush in Texas State. Criticisms of air pollution policies in Texas; Government environmental regulations in Texas; Political aspects of Governor George W. Bush's environmental policies in Texas.

The article offers suggestions for improvements to United States President George W. Bush's stance on environmental policies. Embracing greenery would be good for Bush, good for the Republican Party, good for relations with Europe, and, above all, good for the environment. Support for strict environmental regulation among evangelicals has jumped from 45% in 2000 to 52% in 2004. Many of the founding fathers of modern conservatism were environmentalists. Environmentalism also makes good political sense for Bush. Gregg Easterbrook at the Brookings Institution points out that former U.S. President George Bush senior's 1990 Clean Air Act pioneered the use of "cap-and-trade" rules to reduce the amount of sulphur dioxide that coal-fired power plants emit. Bush's Clear Skies Act proposes to use this cap-and-trade approach to cut the amounts of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury emitted by power plants by 70%. The emergence of a Republican environmentalism would not only be good for the party, but for the environment.

Summarizes developments regarding the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gases. Ratification by European Union nations on May 31, 2002 and by Japan in June; Position of U.S. president Bush's administration.