Thursday, April 07, 2011

Time warmist Bryan Walsh: "wanting clean air isn't the same thing as wanting climate regulation."

Attempts to Block EPA Regulations of Climate Change Fail in the Senate - Ecocentric - TIME.com
It was telling that in a major speech last week on energy, Obama barely mentioned global warming and did not talk about defending EPA regulations on carbon.

In any case, it's all hands on deck time for environmental organizations, who've seen a stunning reversal of fortune since the heady days of 2009. Their best hope might be the Republican party itself, simply going too far and inviting a public backlash. "This is a huge overreach," Environmental Defense Fund president Fred Krupp told me on Monday. "The public wants clean air. They want to know that government regulation is keeping them safe from industrial pollution." I think Krupp is right—but wanting clean air isn't the same thing as wanting climate regulation. But there's still plenty of time to find out who's right. More to come...

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