A lot can change in a few weeks.
The EPA is finally agreeing to consider regulating CO2 emissions from coal plants. With the departure of the Bush administration, we can breathe a collective sigh of relief, because I firmly believe that science, not ideology, will now direct what course the EPA will follow.
Lisa Jackson, the new EPA lady (ePAL, is what I think I shall call her), has already done some amazing stuff, and I think she’ll do even more.
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As you can imagine, the debate between those of us who see a bright, clean, and fossil fuel free future and those who want to be stuck in destructive patterns and cycles of the last hundred years is getting more and more intense every year. Both sides realize that with a new administration, there is a lot to gain, and just as much to lose.
With the environmental movement constantly pointing out the folly of our present obsession with coal and oil, I think we should be preparing for a new carbon-free age of energy. That’s almost desperately optimistic, but it’s all we’ve got left.
