The attitude is nothing new. In fact, the downward spiral began last year when bipartisan talks over energy reform failed after Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the bill's co-sponsors, called it quits because of a procedural dispute over — no kidding — immigration reform.
More recently, the Obama administration has been trying to distance itself from its soaring campaign rhetoric, such as the declaration then-Senator Obama made upon securing the Democratic nomination: “This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."
Far from it.
The State Department indicated last week that it was seriously considering a proposal for the construction of a massive 1,700-mile pipeline that would carry diluted bitumen — one of the dirtiest forms of petroleum — from Canada's Alberta tar sands to Texas's Gulf Coast oil refineries.
Approving the pipeline would not only be foolish. In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, whose wake of damage is covered with the fingerprints of climate change, such a move would also be damn well irresponsible. Read the full report here.
Source: Jason Febery, Opinions Columnist, Daily Illini.com.
