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Barack Obama

George Bush

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treehugger.com - 5/17/2009

Obama Kills Hydrogen Car Funding

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Photo via Energy Ethos Buried in news about President Obama's budget was the news that George W. Bush's $1.2 billion plan for hydrogen fuel cells was killed Obama, saving taxpayers $100 million a year. Why?...

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politico.com - 5/15/2009

Bush team still haunts environmentals

— politico.com — Politico: Environmentalists who see this year as their best hope for a major global warming bill can't... seem to escape a familiar foe: former Bush administration officials they fought year after year on energy and climate issues. As the House Energy ... (more) Bush team still haunts environmentals

Environment

George Bush

United States

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americanprogress.org - 5/15/2009

The Bill From Bush’s Broken Energy System

— americanprogress.org — Download this memo (pdf) Former President George W. Bush s energy policies, which today s conservatives would... continue, plowed billions of dollars of subsidies into dirty energy while neglecting clean energy reform. What effect did this have on ... (more) The Bill From Bush’s Broken Energy System

Energy/Transportation

George Bush

Bill Clinton

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reuters.com - 5/18/2009

U.S. to Slash Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles | Green Business

— reuters.com — By GreenBiz Staff - GreenBiz Staff U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has said the Energy Department plans... to shift funding away from hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in favor of alternative fuel programs that will be quicker to develop and roll out ... (more) U.S. to Slash Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles | ...

Energy/Transportation

Steven Chu

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Obama Kills Hydrogen Car Funding
Odograph.com — About time. Now let’s kill the ethanol funding. (I’ve done a number of posts over the years on hydrogen and why it was a wrong-headed non-solution. I was disheartened that the fairly clear science was stonewalled in politics. I wasn’t sure, in fact, that I’d see this day. There is more than a parallel with ethanol and its supposed benefits for energy independence and greenhouse gas mitigation. Killing this one will be harder, the ethanol lobby is bigger than the hydrogen lobby ever was.)

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