Obama's on thin green ice - POLITICO.com Print View

President Barack Obama's relationship with environmentalists sits on thin ice after a major league meltdown over whether he will really defend their biggest demand: EPA climate change rules.

Angst grew this week after Obama failed to use a major energy policy speech at Georgetown University to explicitly back the EPA's global warming agenda.
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"It's clear the president is running for reelection and that at this point, environmental protection is not on his top list of priorities," said Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch.