Will Obama Break a Sweat on Climate Legislation?: "
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.
Here's the president on March 31st, announcing his plan to lift a longstanding moratorium on offshore drilling: 'Given our energy needs, in order to sustain economic growth and produce jobs, and keep our businesses competitive, we are going to need to harness traditional sources of fuel even as we ramp up production of new sources of renewable, homegrown energy.'
Here he is on May 26th, as political pressure starts to really build over the hole in the bottom of the sea that BP somehow seems unable to plug: 'Were not going to be able to sustain this kind of fossil fuel use. The planet cant sustain it.' Still, he added quickly, theres no need for any dramatics: 'Were not going to transition out of oil next year or 10 years from now.'
