In the Headlines is updated every weekday, and can also be delivered directly to you by e-mail when you sign up for our free weekly Public Agenda Alert . Carbon Dioxide Emissions President Bush has decided not to regulate power plant emissions of carbon dioxide, a gas widely believed to be a contributor to global warming. Bush had come under increasing pressure from coal and oil lobbyists and conservative Republicans who warned that any effort to regulate carbon dioxide emissions could harm the energy industry. Environmentalists, Democrats and some Republicans criticized Bush's new stance, with many calling it a betrayal of his pledge to fight global warming. A bipartisan group of Congress plans to introduce a bill tomorrow to scale back power plant carbon emissions to 1990 levels, according to the Washington Post.
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