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White House Press Briefing by Tony Snow 5/14/07 (Greenhouse Gas)
— Tuesday, May 15, 2007 —

Q Tony, back to energy environment issues. Is the President still philosophically opposed to the notion of national mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions?

MR. SNOW: Again, the President's position has been pretty clear on this, and what he's really looking at is effective ways of trying to cut emissions. The market-based approach seems to work. Again, if you take a look at what the United States has done in terms of reducing carbon intensity, we've done a better job than anybody else in the world. So the President's position is still the same.

Q So the answer is, no, he's not interested in the approaches such as the allies seem to be interested in --

MR. SNOW: There are going to be conversations I'm sure about a whole variety of approaches. What the President has said all along is, let's figure out ways to engage and also invest in technology, because ultimately what you're really talking about is a change in technology not only in terms of what is affective as an energy source, but also how you utilize it. And that goes everywhere from clean coal to nuclear power to biofuels to hydrogen cells -- the whole bit.

So I think rather than trying again to jump into what is an ongoing set of conversations, I'm not going to advance the ball other than to remind you of the aggressive stance the President has taken, and also doing it in terms of outreach. He has discussed it with each of our key allies. And really the question is, do you try to set up a mandatory system, or do you try to set up an innovation-based system? The President prefers innovation.

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1 Comments:

At 2:27 PM, heidilee2 said...: What is wrong with is press corps? Why are they not asking the relevant questions about how this rotten administration is defiling our Constitution? The Emeror has NO CLOTHES, and we all can see that! The Press is doing NOTHING to hold these Hitleresque leaders to account! Do your job press corps! Read the Constitution and know that these guys ought to be IMPEACHED for not upholding their SACRED OATH!!!