Whitewash: Bush Outlines Proposal on Climate Change - New York Times

Re: Bush Outlines Proposal on Climate Change - New York Times:

A White House “fact sheet” declared, for instance, that the United States has invested more than $2.5 billion in clean-coal technology since 2001, and that the administration is committed to helping to build more nuclear power plants without compromising safety.

$2.5B since 2001 = about $0.750B per year.  Which is a few hours of war in Iraq.  Yes, that'll make a big difference in our energy usage and need to guard international oil supplies.  Bush counts on American innumeracy to think he is talking about a big number.

European delegates, in particular, rejected the administration’s insistence that any plan to reduce emissions be voluntary and devised by individual nations rather than as a part of a worldwide treaty. One European representative, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not wish to publicly embarrass the host, called the meeting a “game” played by the administration to slow momentum toward an international pact.

Precisely!  Exactly how well as Bush's voluntary actions worked out for us in the 7 years of his presidency.  Not!  It is a failed policy that has allowed the problem to fester and grow.