White House on Climate Change Legislation: It’s The Economy, Stupid
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee begins hearings today on the the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.
You might think that a bill devoted to mitigating the effects of global warming would inspire testimony about climate change.
You would be wrong.
Following the lead of President Obama’s Friday speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a poll showing that Americans care less about global warming than they used to, the whole administration has begun to cleave to the old Clintonian saw in the climate change debate: It’s the economy, stupid.
Let’s look at Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s testimony. Read More »
