Goodwin Opposes Cap-and-Trade Bill « The Washington Independent

Carte Goodwin (D-W.Va.) hasn’t even been sworn in as a U.S. senator, but he’s already making waves. First, his colleague-to-be announced that he’d be voting for the long-delayed unemployment benefits extension. And now Goodwin has come out against the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, saying the House bill and the Senate climate efforts “are simply not right for West Virginia.”

If climate change didn’t exist, Obama would've had to invent it - The Globe and Mail

Mr. Obama is not and never has been another Al Gore. While the environment has figured among his issues, at least since his emergence on the national scene, it has never ranked foremost.

Consider, for example, The Audacity of Hope, the schematic presentation of his political program composed while he was in the Senate. Mr. Obama worked hard on the book (so hard his aides worried about him) and it remains the foremost exposition of his thought. It contains nine chapters, each devoted to a key theme. There is no chapter on the environment. Indeed, the very thorough index lists just seven references to “environmental issues,” of which six prove to be mere mentions in passing. It surprised me, as I suspect it would most readers.