Bush in Albuquerque

Oil at more than $63 a gallon, the shuttle crew reporting widespread environmental damage to the planet clearly visible from above, global warming on the march, an oil war going on in Iraq and here's what our leaders are doing: celebrating the signing of an energy bill with huge giveaways to oil and gas companies at a solar facility at Sandia Labs that dates back to the days of Jimmy Carter:

U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd L), wearing sunglasses to protect his eyes, points at a parabolic dish system to U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM),(R), during a tour of the National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Lab Director Dr. Thomas Hunter.

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) poses with U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici (L), (R-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee and U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, (D-N.M.), after signing the new $14.5 billion energy bill into law while at the U.S. Energy Department's Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Click for a Summary of the Harmful Provisions in the Energy Bill issued on 7/26/05 by the Alaska Wilderness League, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth, League of Conservation Voters, National Audubon Society, National Environmental Trust, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, The Wilderness Society and U.S. PIRG *