Obama's Environment Policy May Have Drawn Short Straw

TIME:

Already, House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman has told environmental groups that while he aims to have the greenhouse-gas legislation they have pushed hard for ready by Memorial Day, he'll be competing with House and Senate working groups aiming to have a health-care-reform bill done at about the same time. (See pictures of how global warming is changing the face of the planet.)

The tanking economy may be a boon for much of Obama's agenda, but not necessarily for the environment. "The existence of a large pool of unemployed people creates, as close as economics ever has, the possibility of a free lunch for economic policy, because it means you can get more stuff by putting people to work," says a top Administration official. "That's why I think there is a lot of potential in this moment." But the same reasoning doesn't work for a global-warming bill. "That would be more complicated," says the official.

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Comments

[slithers]

His wife's servants made a garden.

[newshawk14]

I think president Obama is still strongly committed to the environment, but I'll remind people of the
homily, "When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's not time to worry about draining the swamp."

[sasidechick]

Gee, this guy can't win. He gets yelled at because people think he is doing too much and he gets yelled at that he's not doing enough!!

[howcome]

Hey look at the volcano above , and be serious about the sci fi scam of global warming