The use of more alternative and renewable energy sources, including nuclear power, "will relieve pressure on energy markets and yield positive environmental benefits."
US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Monday at an International Energy Agency meeting in Paris. Bodman, who lumped nuclear with biofuels and solar and wind power in his written statement, said that "risk insurance for new nuclear plants" is among the top five efforts the US is engaged in to facilitate investment in energy security.
"Today I'm directing the EPA and the Departments of Transportation, Energy and Agriculture to take the first steps toward regulations that would cut gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles using my 20-in-10 plan as a starting point,"
US President George W. Bush said Monday that members of his administration will hammer out a plan to cut the nation's gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2008. Bush said the plan to be developed by a group of inter-agency officials will seek ways to implement the ambitious agenda he outlined in the State of the Union address in January to cut US gasoline consumption by 20% in a decade, the so-called "20-in-10" proposal.
Updated: May 15, 2007
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