Obama's green executive orders

While there has been little presidential or congressional interest or political advantage in implementing climate change regulations such as “cap-and-trade” taxation of carbon dioxide greenhouse gases, perennial eco-group obsessions for climate controls are still alive. And seeing a possible loss of their progressive ally Obama in the White House, green groups are pressing Obama to use executive orders to implement carbon cap-and-trade regulations. One such eco-group is the Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP) established in 2007. This group calls for President Obama to regulate climate change by executive order – even if it means bypassing and overruling Congress. Arguing that just as the President can authorize an act of war in an emergency, PCAP says the President can: 1) mandate a cap on carbon emissions, 2) approve funds for energy research, and 3) impose environmental standards. PCAP is composed of the usual progressive green suspects – liberal foundation donors, green media propagandists and Democrat campaigners. Militant eco-groups and green-obsessed bureaucrats have become an “axis of antagonism” that we can no longer afford...more