Green groups ‘disappointed’ by inaction from Obama

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Washington Times:

Former Vice President Al Gore’s criticism of President Obama on climate change and the administration’s failure to install solar panels as promised on the roof of the White House are shining a light on growing disillusionment with the president among environmental activists.

While conservatives have expressed relief that Mr. Obama’s push for a carbon tax has stalled, green activists are showing increasing frustration with what they view as Mr. Obama’s timidity on the greenhouse-gas issue and other environmental concerns.

“We all expected more from this president,” said Mike Tidwell, executive director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. “I am personally deeply disappointed. On the environment, he has led from the rear.”

Mr. Gore’s claim that the president has “failed to use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climate change” struck Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, as “on target.”

Mr. O'Donnell said many environmentalists not affiliated with the Obama re-election campaign fault the president for failing to speak out more forcefully about climate change.

“There’s real disappointment,” Mr. O'Donnell said. “If anything, they’ve tacked away from the issue. It would be nice to hear the president speak from his heart.”

Mr. Obama began his presidency with an ambitious “cap and trade” plan that would put a price on carbon emissions. The bill was approved in the Democrat-led House in 2009, but it died in the Senate.

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Green groups ‘disappointed’ by inaction from Obama

 

They should not worry, Obozo will do something to bypass Congress via the EPA in order to buy the green fringe vote sometime this year.

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Green groups......

 

One "Green Group" demands that we use solar energy, another "Green Group" says we can't, because solar collector farms affect the ecology.

 

A different "Green Group" says to use wind power, another says we can't because wind generators kill birds.

 

Use electric cars, one group says....another tells us that the batteries are harmful to the environment.

 

There is no way to avoid "disappointing" "Green Groups".