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Critics say Bush administration energy policy too heavily favored the oil industry and turned a blind eye to greenhouse gas emissions and the threat of global climate change. (David J. Phillip/AP 2007)
Obama's environment choices send a message
The president-elect's naming of a Nobel laureate for energy secretary is among the steps that hearten critics of the Bush administration's approach to science.
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