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May 14, 2001 9:55 AM, EDT

President Bush will respond to public concerns by expanding the conservation portion of his energy strategy to be released later this week, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta said Saturday.

According to a report from Reuters, Mineta said increased power production and distribution means, like more power lines, are the first two prongs of the four-part strategy.

The others, he said, are conservation and the environment.

Speaking at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, where he outlined an expanded program for alternate fuel vehicles at airports under which spending would be raised from $1.7 million to $20 million, Mineta called the president a good listener.

The administration has, Reuters said, come under heavy fire for its focus on increasing production to solve energy problems such as those rocking California.

Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address that he wants to conserve energy.

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