US too dependent on foreign oil: Bush.


In his State of the Union address, US President George W Bush has told Congress America has been dependent on foreign oil for too long.
Mr Bush says it is making the country vulnerable to hostile regimes.
He has called for a new goal to cut American petrol usage by 20 per cent over the next 10 years.
The head of the UN's Environment program, Achim Steiner, says the policy reflects a change taking place throughout the United States.
"Whether you're talking civil society, whether you're talking business, whether you're talking bi-partisan representation in the Congress, the pressure on the United States and therefore on the Federal administration to be seen to be acting in response to both the energy challenge and climate change is no longer ignorable," he said.
"And I think what we're seeing is the Bush administration taking incremental steps forward."