[Former? communist] Van Jones: We must prepare for battle « Climate Progress

Indeed, a number of Tea Party candidates ran on platforms that include defunding the EPA. “An attack on Lisa Jackson is an attack on the entire progressive movement,” Jones says, “and we’ve got to let them know that right away.”

“That fight is going to be the most important fight for the environment on Planet Earth next year,” Jones says. “If we allow the authority that she already has to be taken away, the planet may be greenhouse-gas attacked.”