In the 2012 campaign, environmentalists don't matter
Friday, May 20, 2011 - 01:00
in Mathematics & Economics
That's the message President Obama is sending as the administration caters to smokestack and other industries.Shortly after his party's "shellacking" in the midterm election, President Obama ordered government agencies to ensure that new regulations took economic growth into consideration and that old ones be revoked if they "stifle job creation or make our economy less competitive." Five months later, it's becoming pretty clear what he meant: The environment and public health will be thrown under a bus for the sake of his reelection in 2012.