dan’s outside

Two stories about the Administration and its bizarre and short-sighted policies on energy and the environment:

White House Offers Advice on Saving Gasoline. President Bush on Tuesday came up with some specific advice for his White House staff: take the bus. And that was just the beginning. By ELISABETH BUMILLER. [NYT > Science]

and…

Interior Secretary Says U.S. Will Push Search for Energy. Gale A. Norton said the Bush administration will intensify its push to expand energy development on public lands, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. By FELICITY BARRINGER. [NYT > Science]

The optimist hopes that the current hurricane-caused energy problems will make the Administration re-think its short-sighted approach to energy policy, environmental policy, and climate issues. The pessimist thinks that they may just use this as an excuse to do more damage.