Governance is in a sorry state when you have to make that promise, but Obama spelled it out when he introduced his environment team- Chu, Jackson, and Sutley, just as leaked earlier. At that link, you can watch the announcement and rea a text of the speech, which goes on to promise that, not only will the administration employ facts, they will also take actions based on those facts.
Wow, why does acknowledgment of that basic, logical decision-making process make me so excited about these new people? How did we the people let things get so bad in our government that reliance on facts to decide actions is just now a plan?
Anyway, hurrah I guess, but there are questions about Lisa Jackson’s record at the New Jersey EPA (it appears she was good on greenhouse gases and not so good on cleaning up Superfund sites?), so that should keep us on the edge of our seats. Hopefully this new focus on facts and action in the administration will inspire each of these people to greener heights.
To round out the people working on energy and environment issues, Obama needs to pick an Interior Sectretary to replace Dirk Kempthorne- remember him!?- and word is he’s got Ken Salazar lined up for that.
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