President, Clean Air Watch
President of Clean Air Watch, non profit environmental group
PROFILE
Frank O'Donnell
Guest
FROM Frank O'Donnell
Which Way, L.A.?
The Gulf Oil Spill and Climate Change in an Election Year In the wake of the Gulf oil spill, polls by environmental groups show majorities of this year’s voters favor climate-change legislation. Republicans for Environmental Preservation found that even Tea Partiers hostile to Big Government would support caps on greenhouse emissions. But when Democrat John Kerry and Independent Joe Lieberman unveiled a climate-change compromise yesterday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called it “a job-killing national tax” that Republicans will oppose.
To the Point
Kerry and Lieberman Push for Climate Legislation In the wake of the Gulf oil spill—climate change is back on the Senate’s agenda. Does the bill unveiled yesterday have a chance to pass? Will it begin a debate that won’t end until after November’s elections? Polls by environmental groups show majorities of this year’s voters favor climate-change legislation. Republicans for Environmental Preservation found that even Tea Partiers hostile to Big Government would support caps on greenhouse emissions. But when Democrat John Kerry and Independent Joe Lieberman unveiled a climate-change compromise yesterday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called it “a job-killing national tax” that Republicans will oppose.
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