Bush Claims Climate Policy Success

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that the small growth in greenhouse gas emissions demonstrated that the Bush administration's climate change program "is delivering real results."

The Department of Energy disagreed, saying that the drop in emissions growth -- from an average of 1.2 percent to .8 percent in 2005 -- had little to do with political initiatives.

"The slow growth in emissions from 2004 to
2005 can be attributed mainly to higher energy prices that suppressed demand, low or negative growth in several energy-intensive industries, and weather-related disruptions," the Energy Department said in a separate report on greenhouse gas emissions.

In
2005, Hurricane Katrina disrupted oil and natural gas supplies from the
Gulf of Mexico, causing gasoline prices to jump briefly well above $3 a gallon and caused havoc in a number of industries that rely heavily on natural gas.

EPA Chief: Bush climate policy working [Associated Press]
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