For those who were tempted to buy EPA administrator Lisa
Jackson's implausible denial that the risible CO2 "endangerment"
finding had anything to do with getting a nice reception at the
Copenhagen "Kyoto II" talks and posturing in the face of their
embarassing ability to force cap-n-trade through Congress in
time, take a look at her agency-wide email sent today, excerpted
in pertinent part:
"MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: A Week to Remember
FROM: Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
TO: All EPA
Employees
Colleagues:
This week we made history.
On Monday, I signed the finalized endangerment finding on
greenhouse gases, a decision that has been years in the
making. The long-overdue finding cements 2009's place in
history as the year when our government - and our agency - truly
began addressing the challenge of greenhouse gas pollution and
seizing the opportunities of clean energy reform....
Our actions also send a clear message to the global community
that the United States - with EPA leading the way - is committed
to acting on the greatest environmental challenge of our time.
That message to our global partners was absolutely critical this
week in my talks at the United Nations Climate Change Conference
in Copenhagen. I can't tell you how proud I was to represent the
United States and all of us here at EPA in the meetings I
attended. The world is watching - and they are excited
about the hard work you are doing..."
This is fairly typical Obama administration sniveling and
dissembling: Don't blame us it was in the works since our
reckless predecessor but oh this marks the first time our
government ever showed responsibility. It had nothing to do with
Copenhagen posturing and what a great thing for us to do as
Copenhagen began the Euros really dug it.
