Energy award presenters castigate US environment policy

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BRUSSELS (AFP) — Backers of the international Energy Globe awards, hosted by the European parliament on Wednesday, castigated the US for its global role in conflicts and environmental degradation.

The prime movers behind schemes for solar power systems in southern India homes and to dry vegetables in Kenya were among the laureates at an international energy awards ceremony in Brussels.

And while one American project was among the winners, the US in general and President George W. Bush in particular were cast in the role of villains.

"In the last eight years of Mr Bush I think the world has suffered more than it has suffered in the last hundred years in terms of environmental degradation," Maneka Gandhi, chairwoman of international Energy Globe Jury, told...