“The Democratic leaders in Congress will not allow us to explore for oil and gas in parts of Alaska, offshore America, and now is the time for them to change their mind,” President Bush said at the conclusion of the G-8 summit in Japan on Wednesday. Bush, in his concluding statement on the summit, said he firmly believes that oil exploration can be done in “environmentally friendly ways.” High energy prices were among the major topics of discussion at the summit of the world’s leading industrialized nations. According to President Bush, the G-8 leaders agreed that to bring oil prices...