As Obama says “Yes” to Action on Climate, Gore Says “No” to Obama at Oil Change

Yesterday his energy advisor, Jason Grumet, noted what everyone already knows: that the United States has “operated absent a federal climate policy, a federal climate program with mandatory elements, for many, many [do you mean more than 8?!] years now.”

Given this complete and utter failure, it is not really surprising that he is making noises that he plans a “decisive break with George Bush on environmental policy once he moves into the White House.”. Whilst this should not be too difficult, Grumet told an environmental conference yesterday there would be “swift movement” on climate change legislation. “I think it is going to be a very very busy 2009, and I think we are going to need all of you to be on top of your game.”, Grumet said.

So much for fine words, but Grumet gave no hint of any policy specifics, and the Guardian newspaper reported how “his optimism was not shared by others at the conference.” For example, Eileen Claussen, the president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, said that a U.S. cap-and-trade law is “much more likely in 2010″ and said she worried that momentum might flag in the meantime.

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