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Only CBS decided that House hearings into the Environmental Protection Administration's footdragging were worthy of coverage. Wyatt Andrews told us that the EPA had promised to publish regulations on carbon dioxide emissions last year in an effort to reduce global warming from greenhouse gases. The Supreme Court had ordered action eleven months ago. President George Bush issued a directive last May. Yet Administrator Stephen Johnson "now says he needs more time…Democrats believe nothing is going to happen and that Johnson is working the clock." Meanwhile Anne Thompson was in the Nevada desert for NBC's Our Planet series to show us a 280 acre solar plant that uses a system of mirrors to focus the sun's rays on water pipes. The water heats to 735F to make steam to generate electricity. Yet the entire complex produces enough power for only 14,000 homes and the cost is two-to-four times that of carbon-generating fossil fuels, coal and natural gas.
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