On the subject of the two faces of the Obama administration when it comes to climate change, key presidential adviser John Podesta made my point for me. As I suggested in an earlier post, the Obama administration has taken some useful steps on climate change while running a support system for a drill-baby-drill America that any Republican administration would be proud to own (though no Republican could say so now). Heres how the Washington Posts Dana Milbank describes Podestas performance on the day the White House released a devastating report on the effects of climate change in this country. Tom On the eve of the Obama administration’s release Tuesday of a report warning about grave consequences of climate change, presidential counselor John Podesta went into the White House briefing room and crowed about fossil-fuel production in words that could have been penned by Dick Cheney. “The United States is now the largest producer of natural gas in the world and the largest producer of gas and oil in the world,” Podesta declared. “It’s projected that the United States will continue to be the largest producer of natural gas through 2030. For six straight months now, we’ve produced more oil here at home than we’ve imported from overseas. Podesta went on to say that as part of the big increase in oil and gas production, we’re back on track to produce more oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico. As for environmental concerns related to all this production, that can be dealt with through the proper application of the best practices to produce that oil and gas. It was a jarring juxtaposition: a new warning Tuesday about threats to life, health and commerce posed by carbon emissions, preceded by a boast Monday about record levels of carbon-fuel production. This is the contradiction at the heart of President Obama’s climate-change policy. washingtonpost/opinions/dana-milbank-the-contradiction-of-obamas-climate-policy/2014/05/06/b607e154-d560-11e3-8a78-8fe50322a72c_story.html?hpid=z3
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 17:05:18 +0000
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