White House feels pressure on oil pipeline - Washington Times

...Still, it isn’t an easy decision for the Obama administration because it doesn’t want to disappoint its environmental supporters, who are opposed to the project. The president is expected to make a decision by the end of the year.

“This is a no-brainer,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, told a roomful of pipeline supporters this week, “which means in Washington it’s 50-50.”

Tom Friedman on Climate: The Obama Administration “Fundamentally Failed to Speak Out in Favor of the Science” | ThinkProgress

In Greenbuild speech, NY Times columnist slams White House: “There are endangered species I’ve seen more of in the last two years than that climate team speaking out in defense of climate science and scientists.”
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On the hacked emails from East Anglia University:

[Friedman] “That whole email thing, which was totally bogus….  [How many of the emails did Friedman read?]

Perry's carbon-themed attack on Romney - Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com

Rick Perry’s taking a swing at Mitt Romney on the issue of energy, releasing a messaging video this morning that accuses his opponent of adopting Obama-style policies on carbon emissions.

The video, which landed in Morning Score, says Romney implemented “job-killing carbon caps” in Massachusetts. The closing frame reads: “Romney & Obama: Carbon Copies.”