Posted on 11/06/2008 7:13:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
US environmental groups see Barack Obama’s presidential victory as a chance to undo the Bush legacy on global warming, and one idea they are discussing is the possibility of a White House climate czar.
Members of the environmental community in and around Washington say such a post could oversee various government agencies, including the Environmental protection agency and the interior department, to focus on tackling global warming and fostering clean energy to jump-start the flagging economy. For the first time, candidates and voters are really connecting the dots between energy, the environment and the economy, said Cathy Duvall, Sierra Club’s political director. She said at a news briefing that Obama had made it clear that investing in cleaner energy would be a top priority in his plan for economic recovery. One way to coordinate these interrelated issues would be to have one person in charge, based at the White House, according to sources in the environmental community familiar with the idea.
They said this could be part of a White House special council on energy and environment, analogous to the National Security Council. This kind of organization could be more effective than the Environmental Protection Agency has been under President George W Bush, one source said.
Obama made clear in his acceptance speech on Tuesday that he sees climate change as a critical problem, along with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the wilting economy. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime—two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century, the Illinois Democratic senator said in Chicago.
Is Barry Lynn going to be religion czar?
Get ready for Kennedy too
Algore?
Algore as climate czar. RFK Jr. as EPA chief.
Cannot exhale without a license or sufficient carbon credits.
Obama’s Civilian National Security Force will hunt you down for exceeding your carbon credits because you ran a marathon.
Just for the comedy of it all, bring in AL GORE.
Kennedy will just strike a deal with his buddy Hugo Chavez.
Rev Wright already has that job.
Why is it that it’s the same old faded and failed retreads?
Hey, I should try that on my car.
Ping!
fostering clean energy to jump-start the flagging economy.
Oh please, you’re killin’ me here! Government handouts to “green” industries is the answer to the economic crisis? Can you say depression? Yes, I knew you could.
Ouch. Da, da, da, da, da, da...
Al Gore as Climate Czar and
Kennedy, Jr. as EPA storm trooper,
will certainly drive many of the remaining industrial plants overseas.
Foreign nations are probably rubbing their hands in glee and already preparing incentive packages for them.
Another economy harming aspect of Hussiens presidency.
Is he in need of a job?
Hey, stop playing on our fears!
This is getting Crazy faster than I thought.
the same old faded and failed retreads? Hey, I should try that on my car.
Nah, Barry would kick your butt cause faded and failed retreads can’t maintain air pressure.
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