Bush\'s Broken Enviromental Promises

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George Bush’s Broken Promises on Environmental Law

In the 2000 presidential elections, George W. Bush won the hearts of environmentalists with his environmental promises. Bush’s most influential promise dealt with carbon dioxide emissions. He declared that he would install a policy that would force carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired companies to decrease (Nichols). Unfortunately, after he was elected into office the environmental concerns were put on the back burner. Bush had more important affairs to deal with. The United States was thrown through a loop with terrorist attacks, such as September 11th and the soon to follow war with Iraq. It was during this turbulent time that Bush decided to change his stance on environmental affairs, primarily the carbon dioxide emission regulations on coal-burning factories he formerly promised. Now, Bush feels that carbon dioxide should not be regulated, he feels that each coal-fired company should be in charge of their own carbon dioxide levels. If Bush neglects to keep his promise to the environment, the planet will suffer from global warming which is primarily caused by the carbon dioxide emitted by factories that burn fossil fuels.
Originally, President George W. Bush promised to control carbon dioxide levels because it has been proven to be the leading cause of global warming. Acording to the Industrial Pollution Prevention Handbook, global warming is caused by an increase in the greenhouse effect. This is when energy from the sun enters the atmosphere to heat the earth but gets trapped by the greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, thus causing the planet to overheat. Without this natural effect, the world would be too cold to substance life. However, when there is too much of these greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere, the planet retains too much heat making the planet inhabitable (57, also in Baarschers). The planet tries to keep a balance naturally, for ...