Greens give Obama wilting enthusiasm - POLITICO.com Print View

Environmentalists are furious at President Barack Obama: he failed on cap-and-trade, his energy message has turned into the more GOP-friendly “all-of-the-above” and he's all but done talking about global warming.

...“Elections are about choices and this choice was clear and simple both because President Obama understands why we need to take action and just as important, a President Romney would be the first climate denier president in our nation’s history,” said LCV President Gene Karpinski...

“To be honest, I never thought President Obama was an environmentalist,” said Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace USA. As is the case for a range of other issues that motivate parts of the base, Radford said that Obama’s “problem is just the excitement gap” among those who care about green issues.

...Obama and his top aides insist climate remains a top priority of the administration.