From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Washington has found a new villain in the fight against global warming.

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I'm Jim Sterngold sitting in for Warren Only, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The battle to reduce greenhouse gases has focused on the automobile.

Hummers were out, the Prius was in.

But now one of the auto industry's biggest defenders in Congress says American homes,

especially big homes, may be a worse problem.

Is it a ploy, or are McMansions going to replace the gas guzzler as America's environmental pinata?

On reporter's notebook later on, journalist Robert Draper has written a revealing biography of George Bush.

Is this wartime president trying to blame others for his administration's mistakes?

First, here's the news.

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Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

I'm Jim Sturngold sitting in for Warren Only, back with To the Point from PRI.

Few members of Congress have done more to protect the auto industry from tough pollution controls than John Dingell of Michigan.

But now, Dingell has not only changed course and embraced the need to

slash emissions, he has suggested increased taxes to do the job. On big houses, can more efficient

homes solve the global warming crisis? On reporter's notebook, President Bush opens up about how he

makes decisions and runs the White House. First, this news update. Economists expected some slowdown in the

economy because of the turmoil in the mortgage and housing markets, but the news this morning was

the opposite of what was expected. The Labor Department said the job growth had not just slowed,

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